Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

संतोषामृततृप्तानां यत्सुखं शांतचेतसाम् । कुतस्तद्धनलुब्धानां सुखं चाशांतचेतसाम्

Transliteration

saṃtoṣāmṛtatṛptānāṃ yatsukhaṃ śāṃtacetasām | kutastaddhanalubdhānāṃ sukhaṃ cāśāṃtacetasām

Translation

The happiness enjoyed by the peaceful-minded, satisfied with the nectar of contentment—how could that same happiness belong to those greedy for wealth, whose minds are unquiet?

Word by Word

• saṃtoṣa-amṛta-tṛptānām: of those satisfied with the nectar of contentment
• saṃtoṣa-amṛta-tṛptānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtoṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + tṛpta (प्रातिपदिक/PPP)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (saṃtoṣāmṛtena tṛptāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (correlative: 'that which')

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śānta-cetasām: of the calm-minded
• śānta-cetasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक/PPP) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (śāntaṃ cetas yeṣām), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kutaḥ: how/whence
• kutaḥ: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रश्नार्थ/निषेधार्थ (whence?/how could?)

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Anaphoric/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (referring to 'that (happiness)')

• dhana-lubdhānām: of those greedy for wealth
• dhana-lubdhānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdha (प्रातिपदिक/PPP)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (dhane lubdhāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (and)

• aśānta-cetasām: of the unquiet-minded
• aśānta-cetasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśānta (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (aśāntaṃ cetas yeṣām), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic verse within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage’s discourse with a symbolic ‘nectar of contentment’: a calm ascetic with radiant face contrasted with a wealthy, anxious figure clutching coins; Prabhāsa shrine silhouette in distance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True happiness arises from contentment and mental peace, not from greed-driven accumulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya framework, supporting pilgrimage-dharma through inner purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the verse prescribes a mental discipline—śānti through saṃtoṣa.