Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सा दृष्ट्वा तत्क्षणात्साध्वी कर्णाभ्यां संन्यवेशयत् । स्वगृहाय ततस्तूर्णमुत्तंकं विससर्ज ह

Transliteration

sā dṛṣṭvā tatkṣaṇātsādhvī karṇābhyāṃ saṃnyaveśayat | svagṛhāya tatastūrṇamuttaṃkaṃ visasarja ha

Translation

それを見るや、貞淑なる女はただちに両耳にそれを着けた。ついで彼女は、ウッタンカを速やかに自宅へ帰らせるべく暇を与えた。

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tat-kṣaṇāt: immediately, from that moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तस्मिन् क्षणे/तत्क्षण)

• sādhvī: the virtuous lady
• sādhvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (virtuous woman)

• karṇābhyām: into/with (her) two ears
• karṇābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन

• saṃny-aveśayat: caused to be placed, put in
• saṃny-aveśayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ni + viś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्, causative) + laṅ
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) परस्मैपद

• sva-gṛhāya: to (his/her) own home
• sva-gṛhāya: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य गृहम्)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; क्रम/हेतु/अपादानार्थे

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• uttaṃkam: Uttaṅka
• uttaṃkam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttaṃka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• visasarja: sent away, dismissed
• visasarja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + sṛj (धातु) + liṭ (लकारः)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथन-प्रत्यय/स्मरणार्थक

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A virtuous woman, upon seeing the offered ornaments, immediately places them on her ears; Uttaṅka stands ready to depart, the moment charged with dharma and urgency.

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes completing assigned duties efficiently and then returning to one’s rightful station without attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is mentioned; the verse remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the completion of an entrusted duty.