Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कामं क्रोधं तथा लोभं रागं त्यक्त्वा तु मत्सरम् । ब्रह्मचारी यतिर्भूत्वा सकृदप्येनमर्चयेत्

Transliteration

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ tathā lobhaṃ rāgaṃ tyaktvā tu matsaram | brahmacārī yatirbhūtvā sakṛdapyenamarcayet

Translation

Nachdem man Verlangen, Zorn, Gier, Anhaftung und Neid aufgegeben hat und als Brahmacārī, diszipliniert wie ein Asket, geworden ist, soll man Ihn auch nur ein einziges Mal verehren.

Word by Word

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (also/and likewise)

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रागम्: attachment/passion
• रागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having abandoned)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• मत्सरम्: envy
• मत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate/student of Brahman
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• यतिः: an ascetic
• यतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक (once)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक-निपात (even/also)

• एनम्: him (this deity)
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (him/this one)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim renounces inner enemies—desire, anger, greed, attachment, jealousy—symbolized as fading shadows; he stands calm, brahmacārī-like, before the Kumāreśvara liṅga, offering a simple, pure worship.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship is strengthened by ethical purification—mastery over passions and jealousy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Kumāreśvara Māhātmya within Prabhāsakṣetra’s sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approach worship with brahmacarya and ascetic discipline, and perform arcana even once with inner restraint.