Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

छेदापकस्य चार्के तु च्छेदकस्य च दैत्यज । शतं जन्मानि दारिद्यं जायते च सरोगता

Transliteration

chedāpakasya cārke tu cchedakasya ca daityaja | śataṃ janmāni dāridyaṃ jāyate ca sarogatā

Translation

اے دَیتی کے بیٹے! جو اَرکا (سورج پودا) کو کٹوانے کا سبب بنتا ہے اور جو خود اسے کاٹتا ہے، وہ سو جنموں تک فقر و فاقہ میں پیدا ہوتا ہے اور بیماریوں میں مبتلا رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• छेदापकस्य: of the instigator of cutting
• छेदापकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेद-आपक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (छेदं आपयति/प्रापयति इति—one who causes cutting)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• अर्के: with respect to Arka (the Sun)
• अर्के: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (सूर्ये/अर्कदेवे)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• छेदकस्य: of the cutter
• छेदकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• दैत्यज: O Daitya-born (O demon’s son)
• दैत्यज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य-ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यात् जातः)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• जन्मानि: births
• जन्मानि: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• दारिद्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• सरोगता: diseased condition
• सरोगता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-रोगता (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रोगैः सह अवस्था)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context within Māhātmya sections)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Arka/Sūrya plant sanctity)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures near a shrine-grove: one points commandingly while another raises an axe toward an Arka shrub; in the background, a symbolic wheel of rebirth shows repeated births marked by poverty and illness.

Characters & Entities

• Arka (sun-plant)
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harming sacred, ritually valued trees is treated as a serious adharma that yields prolonged karmic suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, praising dharma connected with Dvārakā and its sacred practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied prohibition: do not cut (or cause to be cut) the Arka plant; protect sacred vegetation.