Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यश्चैतान्नैव जानाति रुद्रान्प्राभासमाश्रितान् । स क्षेत्रमध्यसंस्थोऽपि नास्त्येव स पशुः स्मृतः

Transliteration

yaścaitānnaiva jānāti rudrānprābhāsamāśritān | sa kṣetramadhyasaṃstho'pi nāstyeva sa paśuḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Mais celui qui ne connaît pas ces Rudra demeurant à Prabhāsa—fût-il au cœur même du kṣetra sacré—ne gagne vraiment rien; il est tenu pour une simple bête.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• etān: these (Rudras)
• etān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• eva: indeed/at all
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• jānāti: knows
• jānāti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudrān: the Rudras
• rudrān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• prābhāsam: Prabhāsa (region)
• prābhāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prābhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'Prābhāsa/Prabhāsa (as place/region)'

• āśritān: resorted to/dwelling in
• āśritān: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-śri (आश्रि/श्रि धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (rudrān)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• kṣetramadhyasaṃsthaḥ: standing/being in the middle of the sacred field
• kṣetramadhyasaṃsthaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstha (स्था धातु-निष्ठ/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'क्षेत्रस्य मध्ये संस्थः'

• api: even (if)
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्यय (concessive particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• paśuḥ: a beast/animal (ignorant person)
• paśuḥ: Predicative (समानााधिकरण/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• smṛtaḥ: is regarded (as)
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'is considered'

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands inside the sacred precinct yet looks indifferent; beside him, devotees bow to Rudra forms. A symbolic overlay shows the indifferent person shadowed by an animal silhouette, illustrating ‘paśu’ (spiritually unawakened).

Characters & Entities

• Eleven Rudras
• Prabhāsa
• Kṣetra
• Jñāna/recognition

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mere physical presence at a tīrtha is incomplete; awareness, reverence, and recognition of the kṣetra-devatās are essential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially its Rudra-ekādaśa presences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on jñāna and recognition of the Rudras as part of proper pilgrimage conduct.