Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एवं तस्य विनाशेन नाशोऽस्माकं भविष्यति । तस्मात्त्वं रक्ष तं गत्वा यथा शोषं न गच्छति

Transliteration

evaṃ tasya vināśena nāśo'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati | tasmāttvaṃ rakṣa taṃ gatvā yathā śoṣaṃ na gacchati

Translation

وهكذا، بهلاكه سيقع هلاكُنا نحن أيضًا. فاذهب واحمه، لئلا يمضي إلى الجفاف التامّ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारार्थे (thus/in this way)

• तस्य: of him/it
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विनाशेन: by destruction
• विनाशेन: Karana (करण/Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नाशः: ruin / destruction
• नाशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), हेत्वर्थे (therefore)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• तम्: him/it
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/adverb), प्रकार/उद्देश्यार्थे (so that/as)

• शोषम्: drying up / desiccation
• शोषम्: Gati/Avadhi (गति/अवधि; गच्छति इत्यस्य कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• गच्छति: goes / reaches
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Devagaṇas (the gods), addressing Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sāgara-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council-like moment of alarm: divine or eminent figures urge a protector to go quickly so the ocean does not ‘dry up’; the sea appears weakened, with receding waves and parched shore, while messengers gesture urgently toward the coast of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (implied addressee)
• Sāgara (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a foundational support of life is threatened, dharma demands protective intervention for the welfare of all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as the sacred locus where the ocean’s fate and the world’s welfare intertwine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; the verse is an urgent appeal for divine protection to preserve the conditions that enable yajña.