Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

न ते धर्मो न सौहार्द्दं न सत्यं सख्यमेव च । पितृमातृपरित्यागी कथं यास्यसि सद्गतिम्

Transliteration

na te dharmo na sauhārddaṃ na satyaṃ sakhyameva ca | pitṛmātṛparityāgī kathaṃ yāsyasi sadgatim

Translation

„In dir ist weder Dharma noch Zuneigung, weder Wahrheit noch auch nur Freundschaft. Du, der Vater und Mutter verließ—wie willst du je ein gutes Geschick erlangen?“

Word by Word

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Genitive, Singular; pronoun)

• धर्मः: dharma / righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• न: nor
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• सौहार्दम्: friendliness / affection
• सौहार्दम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• न: nor
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• सख्यम्: friendship
• सख्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (indeclinable particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पितृमातृपरित्यागी: one who abandons father and mother
• पितृमातृपरित्यागी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + परित्यागिन् (परि+त्यज् धातु + णिनि/इन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (पितृ+मातृ) ततः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितृमातॄणां परित्यागी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (compound: dvandva inside + genitive-tatpurusha; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• यास्यसि: will you go/attain
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (Simple future; 2nd person singular)

• सद्गतिम्: good destiny / blessed state
• सद्गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सत्-गति = शुभा गति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Karmadharaya; Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Vraja women (gopīs), quoted within Prahlāda’s narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vraja (evoked) / Dvārakā (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A leading gopī, trembling with grief, lists virtues—dharma, affection, truth, friendship—then points to the pain of parental abandonment; others react with shock and tears, creating a moral courtroom-like tableau within a grove.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Parents of Kṛṣṇa (as invoked by pitṛ-mātṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion integrates ethics: love for God is expressed using dharma-language—truth, loyalty, and compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, while invoking Vraja’s familial bonds as sacred memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical-religious admonition voiced in devotion.