Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

त्वयाऽत्र न भयं कार्यं गत्वा तातं निवारय । प्रस्थितं परदेशाय नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

tvayā'tra na bhayaṃ kāryaṃ gatvā tātaṃ nivāraya | prasthitaṃ paradeśāya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

„Du brauchst dich hier nicht zu fürchten. Geh und halte deinen Vater zurück, der sich anschickt, in ein fremdes Land aufzubrechen. In dieser Sache ist kein Zögern nötig.“

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

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

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• kāryam: to be done / necessary
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tātam: father (dear father)
• tātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• nivāraya: restrain / stop
• nivāraya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि +
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prasthitam: one who has set out / having departed
• prasthitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र + √sthā (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण

• paradeśāya: to a foreign land
• paradeśāya: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-deśa (प्रातिपदिक; para + deśa)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kāryā: to be done / necessary
• kāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• vicāraṇā: deliberation / consideration
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Dāśakanyā (the fisher-girl)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kshetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman speaks firmly to a young woman, gesturing toward a path where the father is about to depart; the sacred landscape behind conveys safety and resolve.

Characters & Entities

• father (tāta)
• paradeśa (foreign land)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a dharmic solution exists, one should act decisively rather than flee in fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda’s sacred spring remains the implied refuge and remedy behind this instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual here; it urges immediate action to apply the tīrtha-based cleansing remedy.