Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अथ ते मुनयः शांताः समलोष्टाश्मकांचनाः । समाः शत्रौ च मित्रे च रोषरागविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

atha te munayaḥ śāṃtāḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ | samāḥ śatrau ca mitre ca roṣarāgavivarjitāḥ

Translation

Da waren jene Weisen friedvoll; Erdklumpen, Stein und Gold galten ihnen gleich; gegenüber Feind wie Freund blieben sie unverändert, frei von Zorn und Anhaftung.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक — ‘then’

• ते: those
• ते: कर्ता (Subject determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘those’

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘sages’

• शान्ताः: peaceful
• शान्ताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √शम् क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘peaceful’

• समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनाः: equal toward clod, stone, and gold
• समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनाः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम + लोष्ट + अश्म + काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘regarding clod, stone, and gold as equal’ (सम-पूर्वकः समाहार/समत्वार्थः)

• समाः: equal
• समाः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘equal’

• शत्रौ: toward an enemy
• शत्रौ: अधिकरण (Locus/field of equality)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in/with regard to an enemy’

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• मित्रे: toward a friend
• मित्रे: अधिकरण (Locus/field of equality)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in/with regard to a friend’

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• रोषरागविवर्जिताः: free from anger and attachment
• रोषरागविवर्जिताः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष + राग + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; √वृज्/वर्ज् क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘devoid of anger and passion’

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of serene munis seated on kusa-grass near the coastal sacred land of Prabhāsa, faces calm, hands in jñāna-mudrā; symbolic clod, stone, and gold placed before them to show equal regard; distant temple spire and sea-horizon.

Characters & Entities

• munayaḥ (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True holiness is shown by equanimity and freedom from anger and attachment, not by external status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; the tīrtha context is the sages’ pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes inner virtues (śānti, samatā) as marks of spiritual attainment.