Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 194

Devanagari script

इदानीमेव किं नष्टं मुक्त्वा देवीं तवाग्रतः । भूत्वा मूर्तिं परित्यज्य एकाकी विचराम्यहम्

Transliteration

idānīmeva kiṃ naṣṭaṃ muktvā devīṃ tavāgrataḥ | bhūtvā mūrtiṃ parityajya ekākī vicarāmyaham

Translation

„Was geht verloren, wenn ich noch jetzt die Göttin vor deinen Augen verlasse? Nachdem ich eine Gestalt angenommen habe, werde ich diese Gestalt ablegen und allein umherwandern.“

Word by Word

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (now)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (indeed/just)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• naṣṭam: lost, ruined
• naṣṭam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘lost/destroyed’

• muktvā: having left
• muktvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having left/released’

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• agrataḥ: in front (of)
• agrataḥ: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agrataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (in front of)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive), ‘having become’

• mūrtim: a form, embodiment
• mūrtim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + tyaj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• ekākī: alone
• ekākī: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• vicarāmi: I wander
• vicarāmi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra and the devas; Umā present as immediate relational counterpart

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares he can leave the Goddess even now, abandon the assumed form, and wander alone; the moment is charged—Umā present, devas watching, the air tense before disappearance.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Devī (Umā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is not to be taken for granted; when dharma is contested, withdrawal of grace becomes a narrative warning to restore balance and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra (within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) provides the sacred setting for this episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a dramatic declaration within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.