Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सोऽथ कालेन महता नामकर्मप्रवर्तितः । व्यसनोपहतः पापस्त्यक्तो बन्धुजनैस्तथा

Transliteration

so'tha kālena mahatā nāmakarmapravartitaḥ | vyasanopahataḥ pāpastyakto bandhujanaistathā

Translation

Kemudian, setelah waktu yang sangat lama berlalu, ia tumbuh sesuai nama dan perbuatannya. Dihantam oleh kebiasaan buruk, penuh dosa, ia pun ditinggalkan oleh sanak keluarganya sendiri.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• कालेन: with time, in course of time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; काल-करणे (instrumental of time)

• महता: great, long
• महता: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to कालेन)

• नामकर्मप्रवर्तितः: initiated/engaged in name-and-ritual acts
• नामकर्मप्रवर्तितः: Visheshana (Adjectival to सः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाम + कर्म + प्रवर्तित (कृदन्त; प्र-√वृत्/वर्त् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-आधारित विशेषण (one set in motion by name-and-rites)

• व्यसन: misfortune, vice
• व्यसन: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• उपहतः: afflicted, struck
• उपहतः: Visheshana (Adjectival to सः/पापः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-हन् (धातु) → उपहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• व्यसनोपहतः: afflicted by misfortune
• व्यसनोपहतः: Visheshana (Adjectival to सः/पापः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यसन + उपहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापः: a sinner, wicked man
• पापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्यक्तः: abandoned
• त्यक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि भाव (abandoned)

• बन्धुजनैः: by (his) relatives
• बन्धुजनैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A once-promising man, now worn by vice, stands alone as relatives turn away; dusk tones, sense of exile and inner collapse.

Characters & Entities

• Duḥsaha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vices (vyasana) erode character and community ties, showing how adharma isolates a person and ripens into suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse; it advances the moral plot within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of karmic and social consequence.