Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अस्माकं दर्शनं चास्य संभाष्यमृषिभिः सह । संजातं निष्फलं मा स्यादित्युवाचांगिरा वचः

Transliteration

asmākaṃ darśanaṃ cāsya saṃbhāṣyamṛṣibhiḥ saha | saṃjātaṃ niṣphalaṃ mā syādityuvācāṃgirā vacaḥ

Translation

アṅギラーは言った。「彼との邂逅と、諸リシとのこの語らいが、むなしく終わりませんように。」

Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: our/of us
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of us/our’

• दर्शनम्: meeting/seeing
• दर्शनम्: कर्ता (Subject of ‘मा स्यात्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘seeing/meeting’

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of him/this (person)’

• संभाष्यम्: conversation
• संभाष्यम्: कर्ता (Co-subject of ‘मा स्यात्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-भाष् (धातु) → संभाष्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक/कर्मवाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘conversation/speaking’

• ऋषिभिः: with sages
• ऋषिभिः: सहकारक/सहयोग (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — ‘with sages’

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः; सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like) — ‘together with’

• संजातम्: having occurred
• संजातम्: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘दर्शनम्/संभाष्यम्’) — ‘arisen/occurred’

• निष्फलम्: fruitless
• निष्फलम्: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘fruitless’

• मा: let not
• मा: सम्बन्ध (Prohibitive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle) — ‘do not/let not’

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘may be/should be’ (with मा: ‘should not be’)

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात — ‘thus’

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Reporting verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘said’

• अङ्गिराः: Aṅgirā
• अङ्गिराः: कर्ता (Speaker/subject of ‘उवाच’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘Aṅgirā (sage)’

• वचः: words
• वचः: कर्म (Object of ‘उवाच’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘speech/words’

Speaker

Narrator introducing Aṅgirā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aṅgirā, dignified and compassionate, turns toward fellow sages and the robber, expressing resolve that the meeting should bear fruit; the group forms a semicircle, indicating counsel about to begin.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgirā
• ṛṣi (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sages seek the spiritual welfare of even wrongdoers, turning chance encounters into opportunities for upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, the praise of the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on purposeful spiritual instruction (upadeśa).