Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

प्रार्थयंति तथा चान्याः परित्यज्य गृहान्स्वकान्

Transliteration

prārthayaṃti tathā cānyāḥ parityajya gṛhānsvakān

Translation

Und wieder andere, die ihre eigenen Häuser verließen, begannen ihn ebenfalls flehentlich zu bitten.

Word by Word

• प्रार्थयन्ति: beg, entreat
• प्रार्थयन्ति: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु) प्र-उपसर्ग (प्रार्थयति)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in that way/likewise)

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

• अन्याः: others (women)
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (others, other women)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) परि-उपसर्ग + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)

• गृहान्: houses, homes
• गृहान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• स्वकान्: their own
• स्वकान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् गृहान्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women step out from hermitage homes, leaving thresholds and household vessels behind; hands folded in supplication toward the passing ascetic; faces show pleading and restlessness; the āśrama lanes fill with movement.

Characters & Entities

• Women (anyāḥ)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire can overthrow household dharma; the verse highlights how moha leads to abandonment of duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, with the story located in/around Dāruka Vana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts a breach of ordinary dharma to intensify the narrative’s teaching.