Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा ततः सांबः कृष्णं कमललोचनम् । ततो वैराग्यसंयुक्तश्चिन्ताशोकपरायणः

Transliteration

evamuktvā tataḥ sāṃbaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ kamalalocanam | tato vairāgyasaṃyuktaścintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

So sprechend trat Sāmba zu Kṛṣṇa, dem Lotosäugigen; danach, von Entsagung ergriffen, war er ganz auf Sorge und Kummer gerichtet.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) → uktvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• sāṃbaḥ: Samba
• sāṃbaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇam: Krishna
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kamala-locanam: lotus-eyed
• kamala-locanam: Karma (Object-attribute/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपमान-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयार्थः (कमल इव लोचनं यस्य/कमल-लोचनम्), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of kṛṣṇam)

• tato: thereafter
• tato: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thereafter’)

• vairāgya-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with detachment
• vairāgya-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject-attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam + √yuj)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (वैराग्येन संयुक्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of sāṃbaḥ)

• cintā-śoka-parāyaṇaḥ: absorbed in anxiety and grief
• cintā-śoka-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject-attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वपूर्वपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (चिन्ता च शोकश्च → चिन्ताशोक; तयोः परायणः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba approaches lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa’s calm compassion contrasts with Sāmba’s anxious, grief-stricken face; the moment is intimate and morally weighty.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sorrow can mature into vairāgya, redirecting life toward purification and spiritual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ensuing action moves toward Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the tīrtha celebrated for removing sin and granting restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not in this verse; it describes the inner turning that precedes tapas.