Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

पृष्टयापि न वाच्यं ते तथैतद्गमनं मम । तेनास्मि नामसंज्ञेति वाच्यसे तत्प्रतिष्ठया

Transliteration

pṛṣṭayāpi na vācyaṃ te tathaitadgamanaṃ mama | tenāsmi nāmasaṃjñeti vācyase tatpratiṣṭhayā

Translation

“Even if questioned, you must not speak of this—nor of my departure. Therefore, by the establishment of that arrangement, you shall be called ‘Saṃjñā’ by name.”

Word by Word

• पृष्टया: even when asked
• पृष्टया: Nimitta (Condition)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘पृष्ट’ + तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (instrumental of condition: ‘when asked’); here with अपि

• अपि: even
• अपि: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि = even)

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

• वाच्यम्: to be spoken/told
• वाच्यम्: Kriya (Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘to be spoken’

• ते: by you/for you (you must)
• ते: Sampradana (Obliged person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तुभ्यम्) — enclitic ‘ते’

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक) — ‘thus/in the same way’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गमनम्: departure/going
• गमनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-नाम (action noun); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘going/departure’

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग — ‘therefore/by that’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नामसंज्ञा: (my) name is ‘Saṃjñā’
• नामसंज्ञा: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाम्नः संज्ञा) — ‘name/designation’

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-चिह्न)

• वाच्यसे: you should be called
• वाच्यसे: Kriya (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) — ‘you are to be called/you should be called’

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तस्य) — in compound relation with प्रतिष्ठया

• प्रतिष्ठया: by that establishment/arrangement
• प्रतिष्ठया: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Saṃjñā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Chāyā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Saṃjñā emphasizes absolute secrecy even if questioned, and declares that Chāyā will bear the name ‘Saṃjñā’ by that established arrangement.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃjñā
• Chāyā
• Bhagavat (Sūrya implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names and roles carry dharmic weight; assuming a role demands discipline, restraint, and consistency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa) narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns secrecy and role-identification.