Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

तस्मान्माला त्वया धार्य्या तुलसीकाष्ठसंभवा । हरते नात्र संदेह ऐहिकामुष्मिकं त्वघम्

Transliteration

tasmānmālā tvayā dhāryyā tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhavā | harate nātra saṃdeha aihikāmuṣmikaṃ tvagham

Translation

Darum sollst du eine Mālā (Gebetskette) aus Tulasi-Holz tragen. Sie nimmt—ohne Zweifel—deine Sünde hinweg, sowohl in dieser Welt als auch in der jenseitigen.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन (5th case, singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablative used adverbially): ‘therefore/from that’

• माला: garland
• माला: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया? (न) तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• धार्या: should be worn
• धार्या: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृ (धातु) + यत् (कृत्) → धार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थे कर्मणि-योग्यता (gerundive/obligatory: ‘to be worn’)

• तुलसीकाष्ठसंभवा: made from tulasī-wood
• तुलसीकाष्ठसंभवा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of माला)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी + काष्ठ + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tulasī-kāṣṭha-sambhavā = ‘arising from tulasī-wood’)

• हरते: removes
• हरते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd sg.)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• ऐहिकामुष्मिकम्: worldly and otherworldly
• ऐहिकामुष्मिकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of त्वघम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐहिक + आमुष्मिक (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व/समाहार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collective dvandva: ‘worldly and otherworldly’)

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular) — sandhi in ‘त्वघम्’

• अघम्: sin, evil
• अघम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (within Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; attributed to the chapter’s narrator voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Second-person addressee (pilgrim/householder)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Teacher figure instructs a devotee to wear a tulasī-wood rosary; the rosary emits a cleansing light that dissolves dark stains labeled ‘iha’ and ‘para’.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A simple devotional discipline—wearing tulasī beads—is extolled as spiritually purifying across life and afterlife.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied sacred setting of the discourse in this Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Wear a tulasī-wood mālā (rosary/neck garland) as a dharmic observance.