Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

पीतावशेषं पीयूषं सत्यलोके धृतं सुरैः । अहोतिकुटिला देवाः कस्माच्छेषं न दीयते

Transliteration

pītāvaśeṣaṃ pīyūṣaṃ satyaloke dhṛtaṃ suraiḥ | ahotikuṭilā devāḥ kasmāccheṣaṃ na dīyate

Translation

Der nach dem Trinken verbliebene Nektar wurde von den Devas in Satyaloka aufbewahrt. Ach—wie überaus listig sind die Devas! Warum wird uns der Rest nicht gegeben?

Word by Word

• पीत: drunk
• पीत: Visheshana (of avaśeṣam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• अवशेषम्: the remainder
• अवशेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पीयूषम्: nectar
• पीयूषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अवशेषस्य विशेष्य/अपादान-भावेन (remainder of nectar)

• सत्यलोके: in Satyaloka
• सत्यलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सत्य + लोक (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धृतम्: kept/held
• धृतम्: Kriya (predicate, passive sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि (kept/held)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana/Agent-instrument (by the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अहो: alas!/oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादि-निपात (exclamation)

• अति: very/excessively
• अति: Sambandha (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (intensifier)

• कुटिलाः: crooked/devious
• कुटिलाः: Visheshana (of devāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुटिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कस्मात्: from what reason?/why
• कस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (cause/whence)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थ

• शेषम्: the remainder
• शेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is given)

Speaker

Narrator quoting the aggrieved Daitya/Asura side (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dānavas lament that leftover nectar is stored in Satyaloka; above, a serene Brahmaloka with guarded amṛta; below, agitated Dānavas accusing Devas of craftiness.

Characters & Entities

• Satyaloka
• Devas
• Amṛta/Pīyūṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to entitlement breeds grievance; Purāṇic ethics stress merit and divine order over demand.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha-frame is Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa; this verse supplies mythic backdrop rather than topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.