Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्यजध्वं संचयान्सर्वाञ्जातीनां समुपद्रवान् । न हि संचयवान्कश्चिद्दृश्यते निरुपद्रवः

Transliteration

tyajadhvaṃ saṃcayānsarvāñjātīnāṃ samupadravān | na hi saṃcayavānkaściddṛśyate nirupadravaḥ

Translation

Gebt alles Horten auf, denn es wird zur Quelle von Bedrängnis für Menschen jeder Stellung. Wahrlich, man sieht keinen, der anhäuft, dauerhaft frei von Unheil.

Word by Word

• त्यजध्वम्: abandon (you all)
• त्यजध्वम्: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: त्यज् (to abandon)

• संचयान्: accumulations
• संचयान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय (प्रातिपदिक; √चि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• जातीनाम्: of beings/classes
• जातीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• समुपद्रवान्: fraught with troubles
• समुपद्रवान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण; उपसर्ग: सम् (intensifier)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (indeed/for)

• संचयवान्: one who hoards
• संचयवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संचयवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive): ‘having accumulation’

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम

• दृश्यते: is seen
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘is seen’

• निरुपद्रवः: free from trouble
• निरुपद्रवः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; उपसर्ग: निर् (without)

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (contextually within a didactic dialogue in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage gestures toward a heap of goods turning into thorns and serpents (symbolic troubles), while pilgrims set down bundles and walk freely toward a seaside shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hoarding breeds anxiety and harm; dharma favors restraint, simplicity, and non-attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the sacred Prabhāsa region, associated with Soma and Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it gives an ethical injunction toward non-accumulation.