Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
गृहकृत्यनियुक्तोऽसावेकदा बान्धवैर्नृप । पंगुर्गंतुं न शक्तोऽसौ परं दुःखमवाप्तवान्
Transliteration
gṛhakṛtyaniyukto'sāvekadā bāndhavairnṛpa | paṃgurgaṃtuṃ na śakto'sau paraṃ duḥkhamavāptavān
Translation
王よ。ある時、親族に家の務めを課され、パングは彼らと共に行くことができず、深い悲嘆に沈んだ。
Word by Word
गृहकृत्यनियुक्तःassigned to household duties
गृहकृत्यनियुक्तः:
विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नि + युज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle) ‘नियुक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गृहकृत्ये नियुक्तः = appointed to household duties)
असौhe
असौ:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
एकदाonce
एकदा:
काल (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
बान्धवैःby/with (his) relatives
बान्धवैः:
सह/कर्ता (Associates/Agents)
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन
नृपO king
नृप:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
पंगुःPaṅgu (the lame one)
पंगुः:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गन्तुम्to go
गन्तुम्:
प्रयोजन/अनन्तरक्रिया (Purpose/Complement)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—तुमुन् (infinitive), अव्ययभाव
नnot
न:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—निषेध (negation particle)
शक्तःable
शक्तः:
विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies पंगुः)
असौhe
असौ:
कर्ता (Subject—resumptive)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
परम्great; extreme
परम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies दुःखम्)
दुःखम्sorrow
दुःखम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अवाप्तवान्obtained/experienced
अवाप्तवान्:
क्रिया (Participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + आप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्तवतु (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग
Speaker
Pulastya
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Relatives depart for duties while Paṅgu remains behind, seated near a threshold, hands clasped, eyes wet; the doorway frames his isolation.
Characters & Entities
P
PaṅguB
Bāndhava (relatives)N
Nṛpa (king/listener)FAQs
Worldly constraints and neglect can intensify suffering, which in Purāṇic lives often becomes the turning point toward tapas and grace.
The narrative is building toward Paṅgu Tīrtha’s greatness by recounting the devotee Paṅgu’s life.
None explicitly; it sets the emotional and ethical context for later austerities and worship.