Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

मत्कृते हि द्विजश्रेष्ठ यातु ते मनसो ज्वरः । मार्कण्डेयवचः श्रुत्वा मृकण्डो मुनिसत्तमः । जगाम परमं हर्षं क्षणमेकं सुदुःसहम्

Transliteration

matkṛte hi dvijaśreṣṭha yātu te manaso jvaraḥ | mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ śrutvā mṛkaṇḍo munisattamaḥ | jagāma paramaṃ harṣaṃ kṣaṇamekaṃ suduḥsaham

Translation

મારા માટે, હે દ્વિજશ્રેષ્ઠ, તમારા મનનો જ્વર દૂર થાઓ. માર્કંડેયના વચન સાંભળી મુનિશ્રેષ્ઠ મૃકંડુ પરમાનંદથી છલકાઈ ઊઠ્યા—જે ક્ષણમાત્ર પણ સહન કરવો કઠિન હતો.

Word by Word

• matkṛte: for my sake
• matkṛte: Hetu/Prayojana (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mad-artham: ‘for my sake’)

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Emphasis/Reason (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed/for)

• dvijaśreṣṭha: O best of twice-born
• dvijaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठो द्विजः)

• yātu: let (it) go; may it depart
• yātu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: your; of you
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• manasaḥ: of the mind
• manasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• jvaraḥ: fever; anguish
• jvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ: Mārkaṇḍeya’s words
• mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक) + vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mārkaṇḍeyasya vacaḥ)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• mṛkaṇḍaḥ: Mṛkaṇḍa
• mṛkaṇḍaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛkaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• munisattamaḥ: the best of sages
• munisattamaḥ: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सत्तमो मुनिः)

• jagāma: attained; went to
• jagāma: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paramam: supreme; great
• paramam: Karma-visheshaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying harṣam)

• harṣam: joy
• harṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (qualifying kṣaṇam)

• suduḥsaham: very hard to endure
• suduḥsaham: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + duḥsaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying kṣaṇam/harṣam by context: ‘very hard to bear’)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (first sentence), then narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mṛkaṇḍu (within the scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya speaks gently to Mṛkaṇḍu; the father’s face shifts from anxious strain to overwhelming joy, tears welling as he steadies himself.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mṛkaṇḍu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma brings inner relief: truthful sacred news dispels anxiety, and gratitude blossoms into transformative joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context rather than by explicit naming in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it focuses on consolation, faith, and the emotional fruit of divine assurance.