Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

भ्रात्रा सह परां काष्ठामापदं दुःखितस्तथा । पशूनां चैव संयोगश्चिरकालं भविष्यति

Transliteration

bhrātrā saha parāṃ kāṣṭhāmāpadaṃ duḥkhitastathā | paśūnāṃ caiva saṃyogaścirakālaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Along with your brother, you will reach the very extremity of hardship, afflicted with sorrow; and for a long time there will also be association with cattle—a pastoral, wandering life.

Word by Word

• भ्रात्रा: with (your) brother
• भ्रात्रा: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Relation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-सम्बन्धसूचक (सह = with) — Indeclinable, postposition-like

• पराम्: highest, extreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषण

• काष्ठाम्: limit, extreme point
• काष्ठाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• आपदम्: calamity, misfortune
• आपदम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• दुःखितः: distressed, sorrowful
• दुःखितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (कृदन्त; दुःख्/दुःख + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; भावे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb

• पशूनाम्: of the animals
• पशूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Masculine, Genitive (6th), Plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात — Indeclinable conjunction

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात — Indeclinable particle (emphasis)

• संयोगः: union, association
• संयोगः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• चिरकालम्: for a long time
• चिरकालम्: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative (2nd), Singular; कालाधिकरणे/अवधि-अर्थे (for a long time)

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Simple Future, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual: curse/prophecy within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two brothers in exile traverse harsh terrain; their life becomes pastoral, moving with cattle for a long time—an image of sustained hardship and disciplined wandering.

Characters & Entities

• Brother
• Paśu (cattle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly station can change dramatically; endurance and dharmic conduct are praised amid adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching tīrtha-context in which these life-events are narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated in this verse.