Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अथवा गडुगंडादि व्याधिं चैव समुत्सृजेत् । तैर्ग्रस्तः पुरुषो मोहान्न पश्यति ततो हरम्

Transliteration

athavā gaḍugaṃḍādi vyādhiṃ caiva samutsṛjet | tairgrastaḥ puruṣo mohānna paśyati tato haram

Translation

又或他放出甲状腺肿与肿胀等诸病；人被其所困，因迷惑而在彼处不复得见哈罗（Hara，湿婆）。

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-समुच्चय (disjunctive conjunction)

• गडुगण्डादि: gaḍu-gaṇḍa and the like (types of swellings/ailments)
• गडुगण्डादि: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गडु + गण्ड + आदि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (collective); ‘आदि’ अन्त-समास (etc.-compound)

• व्याधिम्: disease
• व्याधिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphasis/only)

• समुत्सृजेत्: would unleash, send forth
• समुत्सृजेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd singular)

• तैः: by those (diseases)
• तैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• ग्रस्तः: seized, afflicted
• ग्रस्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुरुषः: the man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• मोहात्: from delusion, due to delusion
• मोहात्: Apadana (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing Devī as 'deveśi/mahādevi' in the surrounding verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Deveśī (addressed in adjacent verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee weakened by swelling/illness sits near the shrine steps; attendants offer water and bilva leaves; the liṅga shines steadily, suggesting grace available despite bodily suffering; the ‘moha’ is shown as a dim cloud around the head.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Physical and mental afflictions can become a veil of moha (delusion) that blocks darśana—true perception of Śiva; hence one should remove obstacles before pilgrimage-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a place where one may behold Hara (Śiva) when obstacles are cleared.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it warns of vighnas (obstacles) like disease that hinder darśana, implying the need for protective worship in the surrounding context.