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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

लोकमध्ये कृतं हास्यमिह चैव विगर्हितः । यद्येष ते स्थितो भावस्तिष्ठ देव नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

lokamadhye kṛtaṃ hāsyamiha caiva vigarhitaḥ | yadyeṣa te sthito bhāvastiṣṭha deva namo'stu te

Translation

Au milieu du monde tu es devenu la risée, et ici même tu es blâmé. Si tel est l’état fixé en toi, demeure donc ainsi, ô Deva — à toi mon hommage.

Word by Word
loka-madhyein the midst of the world/publicly
loka-madhye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (लोकस्य मध्ये); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे ‘मध्य’ नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
kṛtamdone, made
kṛtam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘हास्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
hāsyamridicule, laughter-worthy act
hāsyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ihahere
iha:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
evaindeed, certainly
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/limiting particle)
vigarhitaḥcensured, blameworthy
vigarhitaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi + garh (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अर्थतः ‘विगर्हितम्’—नपुंसक—‘हास्यम्’ इत्यन्वयः अपेक्षितः; पाठे पुंलिङ्ग-रूपम्)
yadiif
yadi:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)
eṣaḥthis (one/thing)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
teyour
te:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
sthitaḥfixed, present
sthitaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भावः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
bhāvaḥstate of mind, intention
bhāvaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
tiṣṭhastay, stand
tiṣṭha:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
devaO god
deva:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनमस्-शब्दः प्रायः अव्ययवत्; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutatory particle)
astulet it be
astu:
Kriya (Benediction/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
teto you
te:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन
Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense exchange in a sacred precinct: a figure addresses a deva with folded hands, yet words carry reproach—public shame and censure hang in the air; temple silhouettes and sea-breeze of Prabhāsa implied.

Characters & Entities
L
loka (world/people)
D
Deva (addressed)

FAQs

Dharma safeguards honor; persistent wrongdoing brings public censure, and divine speech can withdraw approval while still maintaining formal reverence.

The teaching is delivered within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya setting, underscoring Prabhāsa as a locus of dharmic accountability.

None; it is a concluding moral pronouncement within an assembly/ritual narrative context.

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