Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

न जाने किं फलं मेऽद्य देवस्यास्य प्रसादतः । एतस्मात्कारणाच्चाहं नान्यत्किंचित्करोमि भोः

Transliteration

na jāne kiṃ phalaṃ me'dya devasyāsya prasādataḥ | etasmātkāraṇāccāhaṃ nānyatkiṃcitkaromi bhoḥ

Translation

«No sé qué fruto me corresponde hoy por la gracia de esta deidad. Por esta misma razón, oh venerables, no hago absolutamente nada más.»

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• जाने: I know
• जाने: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एनक्लिटिक

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this, his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रसादतः: from/through grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (in the sense ‘due to’)

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Source/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कारणात्: because of the reason/cause
• कारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: something, anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• करोमि: I do
• करोमि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• भोः: O! (sir)
• भोः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

Speaker

Veṇu (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra prāsāda-devatā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages addressed as ‘bhoḥ’ in the verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble devotee pauses mid-circumambulation, palms joined, eyes lowered, expressing that he seeks no known reward and therefore does nothing but this single act of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Veṇu
• Deva (Śiva implied)
• Prasāda (grace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is not a transaction; the devotee relies on the deity’s prasāda rather than calculating outcomes, remaining steadfast in one sanctifying practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda Khaṇḍa sacred shrine context is upheld as a place where divine favor (prasāda) is tangibly experienced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse underscores exclusive focus on pradakṣiṇā (and refraining from other acts) as a vow-like devotional orientation.