Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

न चैतन्नास्तिके देयं पिशुने वेदनिन्दके । प्रातःप्रातरिदं श्राव्यं पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

na caitannāstike deyaṃ piśune vedanindake | prātaḥprātaridaṃ śrāvyaṃ pūjayitvā maheśvaram

Translation

Und dies soll keinem Ungläubigen, keinem Arglistigen und keinem Verächter der Veden gegeben werden. Es ist Morgen für Morgen zu rezitieren, nachdem man Maheśvara verehrt hat.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• ca: and/also
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वय (and/also)

• etat: this (teaching)
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāstike: to/for an atheist
• nāstike: Sampradana/Adhikarana (recipient locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāstika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• deyam: should be given
• deyam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + ya (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्/ण्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय ‘to be given/should be given’

• piśune: to a slanderer
• piśune: Sampradana/Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: piśuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vedanindake: to a reviler of the Veda
• vedanindake: Sampradana/Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + nindaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वेदस्य निन्दकः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: in the morning)

• prātaḥ: again in the morning
• prātaḥ: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis: morning after morning)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrāvyam: should be recited/read aloud
• śrāvyam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ṇyat (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (ण्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be recited/made to hear’

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in Prabhāsa, a devotee completes Śiva-pūjā before a liṅga, then recites the mahatmya to a seated, reverent audience; in the background, the sea-coast and temple silhouettes suggest Somnātha/Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Veda
• Nāstika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teachings require adhikāra: they are to be protected from disrespect and grounded in devotion to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; its māhātmya frames śrāddha and vrata knowledge as Śaiva-aligned daily discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do not transmit this vidhi to nāstikas, slanderers, or Veda-revilers; recite it each morning after worshipping Maheśvara.