Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं प्राप्य पृथक्भावमापन्नो भुवनेष्वहम् । प्राप्यं भागमिदं दैवात्प्रभावात्तव नार्हसि

Transliteration

jñānaṃ prāpya pṛthakbhāvamāpanno bhuvaneṣvaham | prāpyaṃ bhāgamidaṃ daivātprabhāvāttava nārhasi

Translation

Nachdem ich Erkenntnis erlangt habe, bin ich inmitten dieser Welten in einen Zustand der Abgesondertheit (von weltlicher Identität) gelangt. Dieser Anteil des Geschicks kam durch das Fatum; durch deine Macht lass es nicht anders werden (lass mich nicht fallen).

Word by Word

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √prāp (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); अर्थ: 'having attained'

• पृथक्भावम्: a state of separateness
• पृथक्भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययीभावसन्निभः अर्थे: 'पृथक्-भावः' = separateness); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आपन्नः: having reached, having fallen into
• आपन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpanna (ā-√pad, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with अहम्)

• भुवनेषु: in the worlds
• भुवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• प्राप्यम्: obtainable, to be obtained
• प्राप्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpya (√prāp, यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be obtained'); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with भागम्)

• भागम्: share, portion
• भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with भागम्)

• दैवात्: by fate, from destiny
• दैवात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन (Ablative singular: 'from fate/by destiny')

• प्रभावात्: due to (your) power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (हेतु), एकवचन (Ablative singular: 'due to power/influence')

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Genitive singular)

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

• अर्हसि: you deserve, you ought
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd sg)

Speaker

A mumukṣu addressing the Lord/guru (second-person ‘tava’ indicates an invoked protector; exact named speaker not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A realized seeker, calm yet earnest, offers a prayer to Śiva: one hand in añjali, the other holding a rosary; worldly scenes swirl faintly around but do not touch him.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Realization must be safeguarded through divine/guru protection; grace is invoked so the seeker does not relapse into worldly identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not name a specific location in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned; it is an appeal for protective grace to stabilize jñāna.