Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा न जडो नान्धो न दरिद्रो न दुःखितः । न चैवेष्टवियोगी स्यान्न रोगी नैव पापकृत्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā na jaḍo nāndho na daridro na duḥkhitaḥ | na caiveṣṭaviyogī syānna rogī naiva pāpakṛt

Translation

Pagkakita sa Kanya, ang tao’y hindi nagiging mapurol ang isip, hindi nabubulag, hindi naghihikahos, hindi nagdurusa; ni hindi napapahiwalay sa minamahal—hindi nagkakasakit at hindi nagiging gumagawa ng kasalanan.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (pronoun)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having seen’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जडः: dull, inert
• जडः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अन्धः: blind
• अन्धः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• दरिद्रः: poor
• दरिद्रः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• दुःखितः: sorrowful, distressed
• दुःखितः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक; दुःख + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (one who is afflicted)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• इष्टवियोगी: one separated from what is dear
• इष्टवियोगी: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + वियोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इष्टस्य वियोगी)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• रोगी: diseased
• रोगी: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• पापकृत्: evil-doer, sinner
• पापकृत्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (पापं करोति इति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, continuing praise of Bhāskara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara (Warita-staskara) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees behold Bhāskara: a blind person’s eyes brighten, a sick person rises, a poor family receives abundance, lovers reunite; the Sun-deity radiates a protective halo over the coastal shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy darśana is transformative—Sūrya’s grace is portrayed as removing ignorance, suffering, and sin while supporting well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhāskara/Sūrya presence within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as praised in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent beholding) is emphasized as the key act, with implied devotion at the shrine.