Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

युवाभ्यां हितमेवाहं यत्करोम्यशुभं क्वचित् । तस्यांशं भुज्यते किंचिद्युवाभ्यां वा न वोच्यताम्

Transliteration

yuvābhyāṃ hitamevāhaṃ yatkaromyaśubhaṃ kvacit | tasyāṃśaṃ bhujyate kiṃcidyuvābhyāṃ vā na vocyatām

Translation

「わたしが時に過ちをなすとしても、それはただ汝ら二人の益のためである。ゆえにその果の一分を汝らも受けよ、あるいは少なくとも、わたしを止めるな。」

Word by Word

• युवाभ्याम्: for you two
• युवाभ्याम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), द्विवचन

• हितम्: benefit; good
• हितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र कर्म/विधेय-रूपे (predicate)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• करोमि: I do
• करोमि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• अशुभम्: inauspicious act; evil
• अशुभम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्वचित्: sometimes
• क्वचित्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: sometimes/anywhere)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अंशम्: a portion; share
• अंशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भुज्यते: is experienced/enjoyed
• भुज्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• किंचित्: somewhat; a little
• किंचित्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्ययवत्; परिमाणवाचक (indefinite: somewhat)

• युवाभ्याम्: by you two
• युवाभ्याम्: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle: or)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• वोच्यताम्: let it not be spoken
• वोच्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; निषेधेन सह ‘न वोच्यताम्’ = ‘let it not be said’

Speaker

The son (unnamed in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Parents

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The son argues earnestly before his parents, hands partly folded yet gesturing defensively, asking them to accept a share or at least not restrain him; the parents remain grave.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Good intention (supporting parents) is presented as justification, but the narrative sets up a dharmic correction: welfare cannot be pursued through aśubha means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred context; this verse itself is part of a moral dialogue rather than tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns ethical reasoning about actions and their consequences.