Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

धारयामि शिरस्येनं लोकमध्ये विभूषणम् । इदं चिन्तयतः पापमेवं देवेन दर्शितम्

Transliteration

dhārayāmi śirasyenaṃ lokamadhye vibhūṣaṇam | idaṃ cintayataḥ pāpamevaṃ devena darśitam

Translation

Ich will es auf meinem Haupt tragen, als Schmuck mitten in der Welt. So hat die Gottheit die Sünde offenbart, die meinen Geist bedrängte.

Word by Word

• धारयामि: I bear/wear
• धारयामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; causative? (धारयति from √धृ, here simple present ‘I hold/wear’)

• शिरसि: on (my) head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• एनम्: this (one/it)
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निकटवाचक (this/him/it)

• लोकमध्ये: in the midst of the world
• लोकमध्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य मध्ये)

• विभूषणम्: as an ornament
• विभूषणम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म-सम्बन्धे (as an ornament)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चिन्तयतः: of (one) thinking
• चिन्तयतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle) ‘thinking’; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘of (me) thinking’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• दर्शितम्: was shown
• दर्शितम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘shown’

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (implied, continuing counsel)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva / Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king lifts the lotus to his head like a crown, transforming an object of desire into an emblem of devotion; a divine ray reveals the ‘sin’ as a shadow leaving his mind.

Characters & Entities

• deva (the deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and acceptance of divine correction transform inner impurity into a public vow of reform.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative glorifies Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where divine guidance and purification bear swift fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow-like act is implied—bearing the sacred object on one’s head as a sign of reverence and repentance.