Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

गृहक्षेत्रकलत्राणां चिंतां मुक्त्वा धनस्य च । मायां च वैष्णवीं त्यक्त्वा कृतमौनो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

gṛhakṣetrakalatrāṇāṃ ciṃtāṃ muktvā dhanasya ca | māyāṃ ca vaiṣṇavīṃ tyaktvā kṛtamauno jitendriyaḥ

Translation

Nachdem er die Sorge um Haus, Land und Familie — und auch um Reichtum — abgelegt hatte, ließ er selbst die vaiṣṇavische Macht der Māyā fahren. Er bewahrte heiliges Schweigen und bezwang die Sinne.

Word by Word

• gṛha-kṣetra-kalatrāṇām: of house, land, and wife
• gṛha-kṣetra-kalatrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha + kṣetra + kalatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः गृह + क्षेत्र + कलत्र (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व), ततः षष्ठी-बहुवचन

• cintām: anxiety
• cintām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• muktvā: having given up
• muktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having released/abandoned)

• dhanasya: of wealth
• dhanasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• māyām: illusion/power
• māyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vaiṣṇavīm: Vaiṣṇavī (pertaining to Viṣṇu)
• vaiṣṇavīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (māyām)

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having abandoned)

• kṛta-maunaḥ: observing silence
• kṛta-maunaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (√kṛ क्त) + mauna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः कृत + मौन (तत्पुरुष: one who has undertaken silence)

• jita-indriyaḥ: having conquered the senses
• jita-indriyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (√ji क्त) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः जित + इन्द्रिय (तत्पुरुष: one whose senses are conquered)

Speaker

Sārasvata (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic, seated in meditation, is shown mentally cutting ties to household, fields, spouse, and wealth; a quiet aura of mauna surrounds him as senses withdraw inward.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Viṣṇu (implied by vaiṣṇavī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Detachment from possessions and relationships, along with silence and sense-control, is upheld as the pathway to concentrated worship and realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practices are framed within Vastrāpatha Mahākṣetra of Prabhāsa, implying the kṣetra’s power to support renunciation and tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauna (vow of silence) and indriya-jaya (sense-restraint) are prescribed as disciplines for tapas.