Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

वृसी प्रगृह्यतामेषा तथैव च कमण्डलुः । वल्कलानि च चीराणि मृगचर्माण्यशेषतः

Transliteration

vṛsī pragṛhyatāmeṣā tathaiva ca kamaṇḍaluḥ | valkalāni ca cīrāṇi mṛgacarmāṇyaśeṣataḥ

Translation

“Silakan ambillah vṛsī ini (alas duduk/anyaman rumput), demikian pula kamaṇḍalu (tempayan air) ini; juga pakaian dari kulit kayu, kain compang-camping, serta seluruh kulit rusa.”

Word by Word

• वृसी: (a) staff/seat-stick (vṛsī)
• वृसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रगृह्यताम्: let (it) be taken up
• प्रगृह्यताम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र-
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive): ‘let it be taken/held’

• एषा: this (one)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination conjunction)

• कमण्डलुः: water-pot
• कमण्डलुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वल्कलानि: bark-garments
• वल्कलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• चीराणि: rags/cloths
• चीराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मृगचर्माणि: deerskins
• मृगचर्माणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मृगस्य चर्म)

• अशेषतः: entirely, without remainder
• अशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्: सर्वथा/सम्पूर्णतया)

Speaker

The repentant man (addressing the sages, offering/returning ascetic items)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tīrtha-śravaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful offering scene: the speaker presents a grass-mat/seat (vṛsī), a kamaṇḍalu, bark garments, rags, and deer-skins laid neatly before the sages or the departing ascetic.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Letting go of possessions and status, and serving sages, supports inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where guidance and purification practices are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An act akin to dāna/tyāga: offering or surrendering ascetic articles to the sages.