Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तव हस्ताच्च्युतं तत्र हैमं कंकणमेव च । नष्टं समुद्रसलिले पश्चात्तापस्तु ते स्थितः

Transliteration

tava hastāccyutaṃ tatra haimaṃ kaṃkaṇameva ca | naṣṭaṃ samudrasalile paścāttāpastu te sthitaḥ

Translation

Dort glitt ein goldenes Armreif von deiner Hand und ging im Meerwasser verloren; danach ergriff dich tiefe Reue.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• हस्तात्: from (your) hand
• हस्तात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च्युतम्: fallen/dropped
• च्युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: च्यु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• हैमम्: golden
• हैमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• कंकणम्: bracelet/bangle
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नष्टम्: lost/perished
• नष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• समुद्रसलिले: in the sea-water
• समुद्रसलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र-सलिल (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (समुद्रस्य सलिलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पश्चात्तापः: regret/remorse
• पश्चात्तापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चात्ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र षष्ठी (Genitive)

• स्थितः: remained/was present
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara (sea at Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A golden bracelet slips from a woman’s hand into swirling seawater; her face shows sudden shock and then remorse as she looks down at the waves.

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (samudra)
• Kaṅkaṇa (gold bracelet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly loss can awaken remorse and redirect the mind toward dharma and sacred refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean-tīrtha associated with Prabhāsa-kṣetra near Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of tīrtha-snān; no additional rite is prescribed in this verse.