Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

वीक्षांधो वैकतः काणः कुष्ठी च वृषलीपतिः । पापरोगी सहस्रस्य दातुर्नाशयते फलम्

Transliteration

vīkṣāṃdho vaikataḥ kāṇaḥ kuṣṭhī ca vṛṣalīpatiḥ | pāparogī sahasrasya dāturnāśayate phalam

Translation

جوؤں یا گندگی سے اندھا ہونے والا، بدشکل، کانا، کوڑھی، اور شودر عورت کا شوہر—ایسا گنہگار جو گناہ کے مرض میں مبتلا ہو، دینے والے کے ہزاروں تحفوں کے ثواب کو ضائع کر دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• vīkṣā-andhaḥ: one blinded by vīkṣā (a disease)
• vīkṣā-andhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + andha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (वīkṣā-रोगेण अन्धः)

• vaikataḥ: a deformed/crippled person
• vaikataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kāṇaḥ: one-eyed person
• kāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kuṣṭhī: leper
• kuṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• vṛṣalī-patiḥ: husband of a śūdra woman
• vṛṣalī-patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृषल्याः पतिः)

• pāpa-rogī: one afflicted with a sinful disease
• pāpa-rogī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पापः रोगः यस्य)

• sahasrasya: of a thousand
• sahasrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्

• dātuḥ: of the giver/donor
• dātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• nāśayate: destroys
• nāśayate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु) [णिच् causative: nāśayati]
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor with heaps of gifts (symbolizing ‘thousandfold’) watches them fade like smoke as they are offered to an unfit recipient; a learned advisor points to a qualified recipient seated in purity. The sea and temple silhouette anchor the Prabhāsa setting.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna-phala is fragile when dharma is ignored; giving must be aligned with purity, propriety, and worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the text emphasizes protecting the merit of pilgrim-charity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A warning tied to dāna: giving to such censured recipients can nullify even great accumulated merit.