Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

संतोषामृततृप्तानां यत्सुखं शांतचेतसाम् । कुतस्तद्धनलुब्धानां सुखं चाशांतचेतसाम्

Transliteration

saṃtoṣāmṛtatṛptānāṃ yatsukhaṃ śāṃtacetasām | kutastaddhanalubdhānāṃ sukhaṃ cāśāṃtacetasām

Translation

Das Glück derer, deren Geist still ist und die vom Nektar der Zufriedenheit gesättigt sind—wie könnte dasselbe Glück den nach Reichtum Gierigen gehören, deren Herz unruhig ist?

Word by Word

• saṃtoṣa-amṛta-tṛptānām: of those satisfied with the nectar of contentment
• saṃtoṣa-amṛta-tṛptānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtoṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + tṛpta (प्रातिपदिक/PPP)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (saṃtoṣāmṛtena tṛptāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (correlative: 'that which')

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śānta-cetasām: of the calm-minded
• śānta-cetasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक/PPP) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (śāntaṃ cetas yeṣām), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kutaḥ: how/whence
• kutaḥ: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रश्नार्थ/निषेधार्थ (whence?/how could?)

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Anaphoric/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (referring to 'that (happiness)')

• dhana-lubdhānām: of those greedy for wealth
• dhana-lubdhānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdha (प्रातिपदिक/PPP)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (dhane lubdhāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (and)

• aśānta-cetasām: of the unquiet-minded
• aśānta-cetasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśānta (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (aśāntaṃ cetas yeṣām), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic verse within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage’s discourse with a symbolic ‘nectar of contentment’: a calm ascetic with radiant face contrasted with a wealthy, anxious figure clutching coins; Prabhāsa shrine silhouette in distance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True happiness arises from contentment and mental peace, not from greed-driven accumulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya framework, supporting pilgrimage-dharma through inner purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the verse prescribes a mental discipline—śānti through saṃtoṣa.