Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

मत्परित्यागलज्जा च न ते कार्येह सुन्दरि । फलं पुराकृतस्यैतद्भोक्तव्यं तन्मयापि हि

Transliteration

matparityāgalajjā ca na te kāryeha sundari | phalaṃ purākṛtasyaitadbhoktavyaṃ tanmayāpi hi

Translation

O beautiful one, feel no shame here for having abandoned me. This is the fruit of deeds done long ago, and I too must bear it.

Word by Word

• mat-parityāga-lajjā: shame about abandoning me
• mat-parityāga-lajjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + parityāga (प्रातिपदिक) + lajjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मत्परित्यागलज्जा = मत्-परित्यागस्य (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) लज्जा; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• te: for you / of you
• te: Sampradana (Dative sense/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• kāryā: to be done / necessary
• kāryā: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'to be done/necessary thing' (predicate nominal)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), place-context

• sundari: O beautiful one
• sundari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• purā-kṛtasya: of what was done earlier
• purā-kṛtasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purā (अव्यय) + √kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त 'कृत' with उपसर्गार्थ 'पुरा' (adverbial qualifier); षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; masculine/neuter depending on implied noun (here: 'of what was done before')

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshya (Referent/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative

• bhoktavyam: must be experienced
• bhoktavyam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'to be experienced'

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/topic/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; anaphoric

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'by me'

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), inclusion/emphasis

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis

Speaker

The child (bāla)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The child reassures Subhadrā: she should not feel shame for leaving him; this too is the fruit of past deeds, and he must bear it as well—his tone compassionate and steady.

Characters & Entities

• Karma
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guilt and shame can be eased by understanding karmic causality and by accepting one’s share of consequences with dharmic composure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya frames personal events as vehicles for dharmic teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is ethical instruction and karmic interpretation.