Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

योगेनात्मप्रबोधस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । त्वया संसारवैराग्यं कर्त्तव्यं विप्रपूजनम्

Transliteration

yogenātmaprabodhasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | tvayā saṃsāravairāgyaṃ karttavyaṃ viprapūjanam

Translation

Par le yoga, ils n’atteignent pas même le seizième d’une part de l’éveil véritable du Soi. C’est pourquoi cultive le détachement envers le saṃsāra et accomplis la vénération et l’honneur dus aux brāhmaṇas.

Word by Word

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आत्मप्रबोधस्य: of self-awakening
• आत्मप्रबोधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + प्रबोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आत्मनः प्रबोधः)

• कलाम्: a fraction/part
• कलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• अर्हन्ति: are worthy / suffice
• अर्हन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• षोडशीम्: sixteenth
• षोडशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशिन्/षोडशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘षोडशभागसम्बद्धाम्’ (sixteenth)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संसारवैराग्यम्: dispassion toward worldly existence
• संसारवैराग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य वैराग्यम्)

• कर्त्तव्यम्: must be done
• कर्त्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय—‘to be done/should be done’

• विप्रपूजनम्: worship/honouring of Brahmins
• विप्रपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विप्रस्य पूजनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic instruction within the narrative of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king lays down ornaments at the feet of a Vedic brāhmaṇa teacher; behind them a yogin sits in posture, shown smaller—signifying ‘technique alone is partial’; a faint inner light at the heart indicates ātma-prabodha arising from vairāgya and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Yoga
• Ātman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lasting self-awakening requires genuine detachment from saṃsāra and reverence for dharma-bearers, not merely formal practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it continues the dharma-teaching within Prabhāsa’s Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vipra-pūjana—honoring brāhmaṇas—is prescribed, alongside cultivating vairāgya.