Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

अमरत्वं हराल्लब्ध्वा कामांधो नैव पश्यति । हरांगधारिणीं देवीं दिव्यरूपां सुलोचनाम्

Transliteration

amaratvaṃ harāllabdhvā kāmāṃdho naiva paśyati | harāṃgadhāriṇīṃ devīṃ divyarūpāṃ sulocanām

Translation

Nachdem er von Hara Unsterblichkeit erlangt hatte, erkennt er, vom Begehren geblendet, die Göttin nicht — von göttlicher Gestalt und schönen Augen, die Hara selbst als Schmuck trägt.

Word by Word

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + त्व (प्रातिपदिक); तद्धितान्त
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरात्: from Hara (Śiva)
• हरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• कामान्धः: blinded by desire
• कामान्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम + अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (असौ/दैत्यः)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हराङ्गधारिणीम्: bearing Hara’s body/limb (i.e., united with Śiva)
• हराङ्गधारिणीम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर + अङ्ग + धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (देवीम्)

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दिव्यरूपाम्: of divine form
• दिव्यरूपाम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + रूप (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (देवीम्)

• सुलोचनाम्: beautiful-eyed
• सुलोचनाम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (देवीम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-maṇḍala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Devi with lotus-like eyes, adorned with Śiva as her ‘ornament’ (symbolic—crescent, trident, or Śiva-emblem), stands serene; the daitya, eyes clouded, reaches with possessive gesture, unable to perceive her divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Immortality boon
• Kāma (desire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire distorts perception; even the sacred becomes unrecognized when one is blinded by kāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya, the narrative warns against adharma while celebrating the divine presence connected to the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied discipline is self-control (indriya-nigraha) to uphold dharma.