Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

मा कुरुष्व विषादं त्वं कुष्ठव्याधिसमुद्रवम् । तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे स्थिते देवे कुहराश्रयसंज्ञिते

Transliteration

mā kuruṣva viṣādaṃ tvaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhisamudravam | tasminkṣetre sthite deve kuharāśrayasaṃjñite

Translation

Chớ để lòng chìm trong tuyệt vọng, dẫu ngài đang khổ sở vì bệnh phong. Nơi thánh địa ấy, Đức Chúa ngự trị, được xưng danh là Kuharāśraya.

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

• कुरुष्व: do / make
• कुरुष्व: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• विषादम्: despondency
• विषादम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम/मध्यम-प्रयोगे सर्वनाम; द्वितीया? (न), प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन

• कुष्ठव्याधिसमुद्रवम्: the distress due to the leprosy-disease
• कुष्ठव्याधिसमुद्रवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ-व्याधि-समुद्रव (प्रातिपदिक; कुष्ठ + व्याधि + समुद्रव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (कुष्ठव्याधेः समुद्रवः)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन

• स्थिते: situated / abiding
• स्थिते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'देवे' इति विशेषणम्

• देवे: in the deity (god)
• देवे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन

• कुहराश्रयसंज्ञिते: named 'Kuharāśraya'
• कुहराश्रयसंज्ञिते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुहर-आश्रय-संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक; कुहर + आश्रय + संज्ञित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (कुहराश्रय इति संज्ञा यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative context: counsel given to Viṣṇu’s son, Sāmba)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuharāśraya-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (contextual frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An afflicted prince/devotee with signs of leprosy is consoled by a divine or saintly figure pointing toward a cave-shrine; the distant mountain of Arbuda rises behind, suggesting hope and destination.

Characters & Entities

• Kuharāśraya (deity/shrine)
• Kṣetra (sacred field)
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Despair is to be abandoned; faith in the Lord present in a sacred kṣetra becomes the doorway to healing and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kuharāśraya-kṣetra, where the deity known as Kuharāśraya is said to abide.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse points toward approaching the kṣetra and its presiding deity for relief.