Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

वने चर सदा वत्स अप्रमादपरो भव । प्रमादात्सर्वभूतानि विनश्यंति न संशयः

Transliteration

vane cara sadā vatsa apramādaparo bhava | pramādātsarvabhūtāni vinaśyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

വത്സാ, വനത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കുമ്പോൾ എപ്പോഴും ജാഗ്രതയോടെ ഇരിക്കുക; അപ്രമാദപരനാകുക. പ്രമാദം മൂലം എല്ലാ ജീവികളും നശിക്കുന്നു—സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative 7th, Singular)

• चर: roam/live
• चर: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular; Parasmaipada)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• अप्रमादपरः: intent on vigilance
• अप्रमादपरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमाद + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अप्रमादे परः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular)

• प्रमादात्: from negligence
• प्रमादात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative 5th, Singular)

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Plural)

• विनश्यन्ति: perish
• विनश्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+√नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Present indicative, 3rd person, Plural)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Mother (unnamed, within Pulastya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Mount Abu)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Putraka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A child walking through dense forest paths while the sage’s counsel hovers as a guiding principle—depict vigilance: careful steps, attentive gaze, avoidance of hazards.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Apramāda—steady vigilance—is a core dharmic safeguard; negligence becomes the doorway to downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is general dharma-nīti within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the instruction is behavioral (be vigilant), not ritual.