Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अहं मोचयिता लोभे निर्ममा त्वं यशस्विनि । नयोऽहं सर्वकार्येषु नीतिस्त्वं कमलेक्षणा

Transliteration

ahaṃ mocayitā lobhe nirmamā tvaṃ yaśasvini | nayo'haṃ sarvakāryeṣu nītistvaṃ kamalekṣaṇā

Translation

我は貪欲より解き放つ者；汝は無執無所有、誉れ高き者。われはあらゆる事における正しき判断（ナヤ）；汝はनीति（ニーティ）—正道と道徳の秩序、蓮華の眼の者よ。

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• मोचयिता: liberator, one who releases
• मोचयिता: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मोचयितृ (तृ-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; तृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक (agent noun: liberator)

• लोभे: in/with regard to greed
• लोभे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

• निर्ममा: without possessiveness
• निर्ममा: Predicate complement
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (free from possessiveness)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• यशस्विनि: O glorious one
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन

• नयः: policy, guidance
• नयः: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: नय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• सर्वकार्येषु: in all actions/tasks
• सर्वकार्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (in all tasks)

• नीतिः: right conduct, polity
• नीतिः: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• कमलेक्षणा: O lotus-eyed one
• कमलेक्षणा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-एकवचन (contextual epithet); बहुव्रीहि-समास (she whose eyes are like lotuses)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from śaiva identity-statements within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene instruction scene: the speaker embodies ‘mochayitā’ (liberator) and ‘naya’ (judgment), while the addressed lotus-eyed figure embodies nirmamatā and nīti; symbolic objects include a balance scale (judgment), a palm-leaf law text (nīti), and a loosened knot (release from greed).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Lobha (Greed)
• Naya
• Nīti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma includes inner freedom from greed and outer righteousness in action—naya (good judgment) aligned with nīti (moral order).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where moral purification is presented as a fruit of sacred association and devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes ethical cultivation: non-possessiveness and righteous conduct.