Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अविनीतं तु तं दृष्ट्वा चिन्तयामास नारदः । अस्याहमविनीतस्य करिष्ये विनयं शुभम्

Transliteration

avinītaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa nāradaḥ | asyāhamavinītasya kariṣye vinayaṃ śubham

Translation

Als Nārada ihn ohne Demut und Zucht sah, dachte er: „Diesem Ungezähmten werde ich eine heilsame Zurechtweisung bereiten: rechte Selbstbeherrschung und Demut.“

Word by Word

• अविनीतम्: undisciplined, insolent
• अविनीतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविनीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + नी धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having seen’

• चिन्तयामास: thought, reflected
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (person), of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अविनीतस्य: of the undisciplined one
• अविनीतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविनीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘अस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• करिष्ये: I shall do/make
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future); उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विनयम्: discipline, humility
• विनयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘विनयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada pauses, observing the undisciplined youth; a contemplative moment where the sage inwardly resolves to bring humility—his face calm, eyes compassionate, posture steady with vīṇā held close.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma requires vinaya—humility and self-restraint; even greatness becomes flawed when discipline is absent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger frame is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (the glorification of Prabhāsa), though this verse focuses on character-correction within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the instruction is ethical—cultivating vinaya as an auspicious corrective.