Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्य दुःखानि सर्वाणि कुष्ठानि विविधानि च । विलयं यांति देवेशि दुर्गादित्यप्रपूजनात्

Transliteration

tasya duḥkhāni sarvāṇi kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca | vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi durgādityaprapūjanāt

Translation

اے دیویوں کی ملکہ، اس کے تمام دکھ اور طرح طرح کے کوڑھ جیسے امراض بھی دُرگادِتیہ کی پوجا سے مٹ جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगानुसार (of him/of it)

• दुःखानि: sufferings
• दुःखानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• कुष्ठानि: leprosies/skin diseases
• कुष्ठानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

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

• विलयम्: dissolution/ending
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्ति: go/come to
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• देवेशि: O goddess, lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्गादित्य-प्रपूजनात्: from/through the worship of Durgā and Āditya
• दुर्गादित्य-प्रपूजनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रपूजन (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narration within Īśvara’s discourse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee afflicted with suffering and skin disease approaches the Durgāditya shrine; through worship, the afflictions dissolve—shown as dark marks fading, replaced by radiant health under Sūrya’s blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Durgāditya
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship at a sanctified site is portrayed as transforming karma’s burdens, bringing relief from both mental and bodily afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Durgāditya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for alleviating duḥkha and disease.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is Durgāditya-prapūjā (formal worship), with timing specified earlier as Saptamī on Sunday.