Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मंकिर्वैराग्यमापन्नस्त्यक्त्वा ग्रामं वनं ययौ । स गत्वा निर्झरं कञ्चिदर्बुदे नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

maṃkirvairāgyamāpannastyaktvā grāmaṃ vanaṃ yayau | sa gatvā nirjharaṃ kañcidarbude nṛpasattama

Translation

Maṅkī, von Entsagung (Vairāgya) erfüllt, verließ das Dorf und ging in den Wald. O bester der Könige, er gelangte zu einem Bergbach auf dem Arbuda.

Word by Word

• मंकिः: Maṅki
• मंकिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंकिः (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having attained
• आपन्नः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having attained/entered'

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा), अव्यय; 'having abandoned'

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा), अव्यय; 'having gone'

• निर्झरम्: waterfall/spring
• निर्झरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कञ्चित्: some
• कञ्चित्: Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम-विशेषण (indefinite: 'some')

• अर्बुदे: on/at Arbuda (mountain)
• अर्बुदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; नृप + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in Purāṇic narration (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-nirjhara (unnamed spring/stream)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṅkī, austere and resolved, turns away from his village and walks into a forested mountain landscape toward a clear cascading spring on Arbuda.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅkī
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True awakening is shown as turning from worldly security to forest-discipline and inner freedom (vairāgya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda (Mount Arbuda) is highlighted, with a specific nirjhara (sacred stream) as the ascetic setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, taking refuge in a sacred natural site (nirjhara) for disciplined spiritual life; explicit rites appear in the next verses.