Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

गृहं कृत्वा तु सद्ग्रंथाः सहसैव त्यजंति ये । कुटिका साधकास्ते वै शिवाराधनतत्पराः

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ kṛtvā tu sadgraṃthāḥ sahasaiva tyajaṃti ye | kuṭikā sādhakāste vai śivārādhanatatparāḥ

Translation

Diejenigen, die, obwohl tüchtig und wohl unterwiesen, eine Behausung errichten und sie doch plötzlich entsagen—solche Übenden heißen ‘Kuṭikā’-Sādhakas, ganz dem Śiva-Verehrungsdienst hingegeben.

Word by Word

• गृहम्: a house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• सद्ग्रन्थाः: good books/scriptures
• सद्ग्रन्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रन्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सन्तः ग्रन्थाः)

• सहसा: suddenly/quickly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• त्यजन्ति: they abandon
• त्यजन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• कुटिकाः: hut-dwellers (those of huts)
• कुटिकाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/उपपद-प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• साधकाः: practitioners
• साधकाः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/confirmatory particle)

• शिवाराधनतत्पराः: devoted to the worship of Śiva
• शिवाराधनतत्पराः: Visheshana (Adjective of ते/साधकाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + आराधन (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य आराधनम्) + तत्परः (तस्मिन् परः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned ascetic, with manuscripts and tools indicating competence, steps away from a newly built hut, leaving it behind; he walks toward a Śiva-liṅga shrine with flowers and bilva leaves in hand, eyes fixed in devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• sādhaka
• kuṭikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Detachment from possessions—even one’s own dwelling—is upheld as supportive of single-minded Śiva-bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as a field that nurtures Śaiva worship and disciplined living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-ārādhana (worship/propitiation of Śiva) is emphasized as the sādhaka’s central observance.