Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मातरं पितरं देशं भ्रातरं स्वजनबांधवान् । ग्रामं भूमिं गृहं त्यक्त्वा कृत्वा चेंद्रियसंयमम्

Transliteration

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ deśaṃ bhrātaraṃ svajanabāṃdhavān | grāmaṃ bhūmiṃ gṛhaṃ tyaktvā kṛtvā ceṃdriyasaṃyamam

Translation

Mutter und Vater, Heimat, Brüder sowie die eigenen Verwandten und Angehörigen verlassend—Dorf, Land und Haus zurücklassend—und die Zügelung der Sinne übend…

Word by Word

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देशम्: country/region
• देशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भ्रातरम्: brother
• भ्रातरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वजनबान्धवान्: one’s own people and relatives
• स्वजनबान्धवान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समासः

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूमिम्: land/earth
• भूमिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): “having abandoned”

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction: “and”)

• इन्द्रियसंयमम्: restraint of the senses
• इन्द्रियसंयमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय + संयम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: इन्द्रियाणां संयमः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim turns away from home—parents, kin, village fields—walking toward a distant sacred horizon; senses are symbolized as reins drawn tight, with a calm, resolute face indicating inner control.

Characters & Entities

• Nara (renunciant/pilgrim)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True pilgrimage is inward as well as outward: detachment from possessions and relationships is paired with mastery of the senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is part of Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), framing the ideal pilgrim’s preparation for that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Indriya-saṃyama (sense-restraint) is prescribed as a discipline accompanying the act of leaving worldly life for pilgrimage.