Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तासामीर्ष्यापरीतेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । कुष्ठं ते यादवश्रेष्ठ प्रदत्तं हि महात्मना

Transliteration

tāsāmīrṣyāparītena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | kuṣṭhaṃ te yādavaśreṣṭha pradattaṃ hi mahātmanā

Translation

اے یدوؤں میں سب سے برتر، انہی کے سبب حسد میں مبتلا اس عظیم روح وشنو نے، جو نہایت قادر ہے، تمہیں یہ کوڑھ عطا کیا تھا۔

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ईर्ष्या-परितेन: by (one) enveloped in jealousy
• ईर्ष्या-परितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईर्ष्या (प्रातिपदिक) + परित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासभाव: ‘ईर्ष्यया परितः’ (surrounded by jealousy); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘विष्णुना’

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रभ-विष्णुना: by the powerful Viṣṇu
• प्रभ-विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘प्रभुः सन् विष्णुः’ (Viṣṇu who is mighty/lordly); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘विष्णुना’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (appositional)

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy
• कुष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• यादव-श्रेष्ठ: O best of the Yādavas
• यादव-श्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘यादवानां श्रेष्ठः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• प्रदत्तम्: given/bestowed
• प्रदत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कुष्ठम् ... प्रदत्तम्’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sāmba

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity explains to Sāmba that Viṣṇu, stirred by jealousy concerning his wives, bestowed the leprosy—revealing the moral and emotional causality behind the curse.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sāmba
• Yādava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions that violate dharma invite consequence; even in divine narratives, moral causality is emphasized through curse-and-cure motifs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where the story frames the kṣetra as a place of correction and restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the cause (nidāna) of the affliction.