Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

न मोक्तव्यमतश्चक्र शृणु भूयो वचश्च नः । अत्र स्थाने नियुक्तोऽहं शंकरेण पुरा हरे

Transliteration

na moktavyamataścakra śṛṇu bhūyo vacaśca naḥ | atra sthāne niyukto'haṃ śaṃkareṇa purā hare

Translation

Darum darf der Diskus nicht freigesetzt werden — höre nochmals auf meine Worte. An eben diesem Ort, o Hari, wurde ich einst von Śaṅkara eingesetzt (zu einem Zweck).

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• moktavyam: should be released/let go
• moktavyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु) + tavya (तव्य प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/तव्य), कर्मणि-भावे; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be released/let go’ (gerundive/passive necessity)

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अतः अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात्-अर्थ (therefore/from this)

• cakra: O Cakra (discus)
• cakra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (चक्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhūyaḥ: again; further
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (भूयस् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• vacaḥ: word; speech
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (वचस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• naḥ: of us; our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive plural)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (स्थान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• niyuktaḥ: appointed; assigned
• niyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + yuj (युज् धातु) → niyukta (नियुक्त कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि/भावे; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śaṃkareṇa: by Śaṅkara
• śaṃkareṇa: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (शंकर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• purā: formerly
• purā: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (पुरा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/once)

• hare: O Hari
• hare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (हरि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Daṇḍapāṇi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daṇḍapāṇi firmly requests Viṣṇu not to release the discus, declaring his prior appointment by Śaṅkara in this very place; the scene emphasizes sacred jurisdiction and duty.

Characters & Entities

• Daṇḍapāṇi
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śaṅkara
• Cakra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places have divinely appointed guardians and rules; dharma includes honoring the kṣetra’s protective order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra is implied as the ‘here’ where Śaṅkara appointed protective agencies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it is a direct restraint-command regarding the use of the discus.