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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अहतं धातुरक्तं वा तत्पवित्रमिति स्थितम् । अग्रतो वसते मूर्खो दूरे चास्य गुणान्वितः

Transliteration

ahataṃ dhāturaktaṃ vā tatpavitramiti sthitam | agrato vasate mūrkho dūre cāsya guṇānvitaḥ

Translation

La tela no usada, o la tela teñida con color mineral, se establece como pura. Sin embargo, un necio puede sentarse cerca, al frente, mientras que el virtuoso permanece a distancia.

Word by Word
अहतम्unbeaten/untreated
अहतम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootअहत (प्रातिपदिक; अ+हत, हन्-धातु से)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; unstruck/unbeaten)
धातु-रक्तम्mineral-dyed
धातु-रक्तम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootधातु (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘धातुना रक्तम्’ (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; dyed with mineral)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वय (that)
पवित्रम्pure
पवित्रम्:
Pratipādya (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter Nom/Acc singular)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
स्थितम्is established/held
स्थितम्:
Kriya (Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is established/held’ (PPP used predicatively)
अग्रतःin front
अग्रतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: in front)
वसतेdwells/lives
वसते:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular present, Ātmanepada)
मूर्खःa fool
मूर्खः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative used adverbially: far away)
चand
च:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय
अस्यof him
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम्/अदस्? → अस्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive singular: of him/its)
गुण-अन्वितःendowed with qualities
गुण-अन्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; अनु+इ/इण् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘गुणैः अन्वितः’ (Masculine, Nominative singular; endowed with virtues)
Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; social/ritual discernment teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim assembly at Prabhāsa: a coarse, self-satisfied man sits prominently in front; a serene, virtuous ascetic stands slightly apart. Nearby, folded cloth—one new, one mineral-dyed—symbolizes ‘purity’ and the ambiguity of externals.

FAQs

True worth is not guaranteed by physical closeness; virtue and discernment matter in whom one honors.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within its māhātmya narrative setting.

Standards for ‘pure’ cloth: new/unworn or mineral-dyed.

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