Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यस्मात्त्वया मृषा प्रोक्तं मम पर्यंतदर्शनम् । तस्मात्त्वं सर्ववर्णानां पूजार्हो न भविष्यसि

Transliteration

yasmāttvayā mṛṣā proktaṃ mama paryaṃtadarśanam | tasmāttvaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ pūjārho na bhaviṣyasi

Translation

Karena engkau telah berkata dusta bahwa engkau melihat batas-Ku, maka engkau tidak akan lagi layak dipuja oleh semua varṇa.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because/from which (reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

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

• मृषा: falsely
• मृषा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मृषा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रोक्तम्: was spoken
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पर्यन्तदर्शनम्: (my) limited/terminal vision (i.e., seeing only up to a limit)
• पर्यन्तदर्शनम्: Karta (Subject of passive predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यन्त + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पर्यन्तं यावत् दर्शनम्)

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Therefore/from that/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्ववर्णानाम्: of all social classes/varṇas
• सर्ववर्णानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे वर्णाः)

• पूजार्हः: worthy of worship
• पूजार्हः: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पूजायाम् अर्हः)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); liṅgodbhava-śikṣā motif

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The cursed party (implied) and the audience within the narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara pronounces a curse for false boasting of having seen the Lord’s ‘limit’; the atmosphere is solemn, judicial, and cosmic.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual authority collapses when founded on falsehood; truth is the basis of worship-worthiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is etiological (explaining worship patterns) rather than praising a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; a dharmic consequence (loss of pūjā-eligibility) is declared.