Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कुष्ठानि नाशमायांति तं दृष्ट्वा दशधा प्रिये । गोशतस्य प्रदत्तस्य कुरुक्षेत्रेषु यत्फलम्

Transliteration

kuṣṭhāni nāśamāyāṃti taṃ dṛṣṭvā daśadhā priye | gośatasya pradattasya kurukṣetreṣu yatphalam

Translation

اے محبوبہ! اُس مقدّس کے دیدار سے کوڑھ دس گنا مٹ جاتے ہیں۔ کُرُکشیتر میں سو گایوں کے دان کے برابر ثواب حاصل ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• कुष्ठानि: leprosies; skin diseases
• कुष्ठानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयान्ति: go; come (to)
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• तम्: him/that (place)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• दशधा: tenfold
• दशधा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दशधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'tenfold')

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गोशतस्य: of a hundred cows
• गोशतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (शत-शब्दः), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रदत्तस्य: of what has been given
• प्रदत्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• कुरुक्षेत्रेषु: in Kurukṣetras (holy field)
• कुरुक्षेत्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण (relative)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala (Sūrya-kṣetra within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī (Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple approaches a radiant Sūrya-shrine at Arkasthala; the devotee’s skin affliction fades as sunlight falls; priests hold water-pots and offer arghya; in the background, an implied comparison to Kurukṣetra go-dāna is shown via cows and a donor.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Arka-sthala (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana is exalted as both bodily relief and karmic purification, equated with renowned acts of charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified spot in the Arka-sthala sequence within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana is central; go-dāna at Kurukṣetra is cited as a benchmark for the magnitude of merit.