Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

प्रार्थयंति तथा चान्याः परित्यज्य गृहान्स्वकान्

Transliteration

prārthayaṃti tathā cānyāḥ parityajya gṛhānsvakān

Translation

Et d’autres encore, délaissant leurs propres demeures, se mirent elles aussi à l’implorer.

Word by Word

• प्रार्थयन्ति: beg, entreat
• प्रार्थयन्ति: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु) प्र-उपसर्ग (प्रार्थयति)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in that way/likewise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अन्याः: others (women)
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (others, other women)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) परि-उपसर्ग + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)

• गृहान्: houses, homes
• गृहान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• स्वकान्: their own
• स्वकान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् गृहान्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women step out from hermitage homes, leaving thresholds and household vessels behind; hands folded in supplication toward the passing ascetic; faces show pleading and restlessness; the āśrama lanes fill with movement.

Characters & Entities

• Women (anyāḥ)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire can overthrow household dharma; the verse highlights how moha leads to abandonment of duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, with the story located in/around Dāruka Vana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts a breach of ordinary dharma to intensify the narrative’s teaching.