Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नांधो न बधिरो मूको न रोगी न च निर्द्धनः । कदाचिज्जायते मर्त्यस्तेन दृष्टेन भूतले

Transliteration

nāṃdho na badhiro mūko na rogī na ca nirddhanaḥ | kadācijjāyate martyastena dṛṣṭena bhūtale

Translation

اس زمین پر جس فانی نے اُس (لِنگ) کے درشن کیے، وہ کبھی اندھا، بہرا، گونگا، بیمار یا مفلس ہو کر پیدا نہیں ہوتا۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• andhaḥ: blind
• andhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: andha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• badhiraḥ: deaf
• badhiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: badhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• mūkaḥ: mute
• mūkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• rogī: diseased
• rogī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• nirddhanaḥ: poor, without wealth
• nirddhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निः-उपसर्गयुक्त-विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• kadācit: ever, at any time
• kadācit: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• jāyate: is born, arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोग (is born/comes to be)

• martyaḥ: a mortal man
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• dṛṣṭena: by (its) sight/seeing
• dṛṣṭena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘दृष्ट’ = seen (instr. sg.)

• bhūtale: on the earth’s surface
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूः + तलम्)

Speaker

Unknown (continuation of Rāhvīśvara Māhātmya; likely Īśvara/Śiva to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (Jagaddīpa Maheśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims behold the liṅga; behind them, symbolic figures of blindness, deafness, muteness, disease, and poverty dissolve like shadows in the sanctum light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāhvīśvara (implied Liṅga)
• Bhūtala (earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sanctified Śiva-liṅga is portrayed as a source of holistic well-being—removing affliction and lack.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāhvīśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the sacred Liṅga.