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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

त्यजध्वं संचयान्सर्वाञ्जातीनां समुपद्रवान् । न हि संचयवान्कश्चिद्दृश्यते निरुपद्रवः

tyajadhvaṃ saṃcayānsarvāñjātīnāṃ samupadravān | na hi saṃcayavānkaściddṛśyate nirupadravaḥ

Renoncez à toute thésaurisation, car elle devient source d’affliction pour les hommes de toute condition. En vérité, on ne voit jamais l’accumulateur demeurer sans épreuves.

त्यजध्वम्abandon (you all)
त्यजध्वम्:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: त्यज् (to abandon)
संचयान्accumulations
संचयान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसंचय (प्रातिपदिक; √चि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण
जातीनाम्of beings/classes
जातीनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन
समुपद्रवान्fraught with troubles
समुपद्रवान्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण; उपसर्ग: सम् (intensifier)
not
:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (indeed/for)
संचयवान्one who hoards
संचयवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंचयवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive): ‘having accumulation’
कश्चित्anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम
दृश्यतेis seen
दृश्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘is seen’
निरुपद्रवःfree from trouble
निरुपद्रवः:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृसमाना)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर् + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; उपसर्ग: निर् (without)

Unspecified in this snippet (contextually within a didactic dialogue in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: A teacher-sage gestures toward a heap of goods turning into thorns and serpents (symbolic troubles), while pilgrims set down bundles and walk freely toward a seaside shrine.

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Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

Hoarding breeds anxiety and harm; dharma favors restraint, simplicity, and non-attachment.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the sacred Prabhāsa region, associated with Soma and Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava sacred geography).

No specific rite is prescribed here; it gives an ethical injunction toward non-accumulation.