Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

नित्यं क्रोधं च लोभं च मोहं द्रोहं विसृज्य सः । देविकासरितो मध्ये विवेश सलिलाशये

Transliteration

nityaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca mohaṃ drohaṃ visṛjya saḥ | devikāsarito madhye viveśa salilāśaye

Translation

日々、怒りと貪りと迷いと害意とを捨て去り、彼はデーヴィカー河のただ中にある水の住処へと入った。

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (accusative used adverbially); नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्रोहम्: malice
• द्रोहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विसृज्य: having abandoned
• विसृज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having abandoned)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देविका-सरितः: of the Devikā river
• देविका-सरितः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देविका + सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देविकायाः सरितः)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सलिलाशये: in the watery abode (water-reservoir)
• सलिलाशये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समास (सलिलस्य आशये)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing the narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-sarit

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āpastamba, serene and detached, steps into the river Devikā at its midstream; the water is calm, luminous, and encircles him like a sanctifying mantle as he abandons inner vices.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā River
• Āpastamba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purification—renouncing anger, greed, delusion, and malice—supports effective tapas and spiritual steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devikā river within the Prabhāsa sacred region is indicated as the ascetic’s place of practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering/immersing in sacred waters (a snāna-like ascetic practice) is implied, though not framed as a formal rite.