Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एतज्ज्ञात्वा महाभागा मा स्म कृध्वं मनः शुचि । सर्वभूतेषु मां नित्यं भावयध्वमकल्मषाः

Transliteration

etajjñātvā mahābhāgā mā sma kṛdhvaṃ manaḥ śuci | sarvabhūteṣu māṃ nityaṃ bhāvayadhvamakalmaṣāḥ

Translation

Knowing this, O greatly fortunate ones, do not let your pure minds fall into sorrow. Ever contemplate Me in all beings, remaining free from taint.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘एतत्’ (this) कर्मरूपेण ‘ज्ञात्वा’ सह

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having known’

• महाभागाः: O greatly fortunate ones
• महाभागाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• स्म: (emphatic)
• स्म: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; ‘मा’ सह निषेध-बलवर्धक (prohibitive intensifier)

• कृध्वम्: do, make
• कृध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शुचि: pure, clear
• शुचि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of मनः)

• सर्वभूतेषु: in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always)

• भावयध्वम्: contemplate, meditate on
• भावयध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) caus. भावय (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: contemplate/bring to mind)

• अकल्मषाः: O sinless ones
• अकल्मषाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (vocative sense), विशेषण (of addressed persons)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Kṛṣṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa addresses devotees with a calm, instructive gesture, the city of Dvārakā suggested in the background; devotees’ faces shift from sorrow to serenity as they contemplate the Lord in all beings.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• all beings (sarvabhūta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sorrow is dispelled by steady remembrance of the Lord present in all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the overarching māhātmya setting; the teaching supports the inner fruit of pilgrimage—purification and constant remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional discipline is prescribed: constant contemplation of the Lord in all beings (bhāvanā/smaraṇa).