Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

न ते धर्मो न सौहार्द्दं न सत्यं सख्यमेव च । पितृमातृपरित्यागी कथं यास्यसि सद्गतिम्

Transliteration

na te dharmo na sauhārddaṃ na satyaṃ sakhyameva ca | pitṛmātṛparityāgī kathaṃ yāsyasi sadgatim

Translation

നിനക്കു ധർമ്മമില്ല, സ്നേഹമില്ല, സത്യമില്ല, സൗഹൃദവും ഇല്ല. പിതാവിനെയും മാതാവിനെയും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചവനേ, നീ എങ്ങനെ സദ്ഗതി പ്രാപിക്കും?

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Genitive, Singular; pronoun)

• धर्मः: dharma / righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• न: nor
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• सौहार्दम्: friendliness / affection
• सौहार्दम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• न: nor
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• सख्यम्: friendship
• सख्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (indeclinable particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पितृमातृपरित्यागी: one who abandons father and mother
• पितृमातृपरित्यागी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + परित्यागिन् (परि+त्यज् धातु + णिनि/इन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (पितृ+मातृ) ततः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितृमातॄणां परित्यागी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (compound: dvandva inside + genitive-tatpurusha; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• यास्यसि: will you go/attain
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (Simple future; 2nd person singular)

• सद्गतिम्: good destiny / blessed state
• सद्गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सत्-गति = शुभा गति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Karmadharaya; Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Vraja women (gopīs), quoted within Prahlāda’s narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vraja (evoked) / Dvārakā (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A leading gopī, trembling with grief, lists virtues—dharma, affection, truth, friendship—then points to the pain of parental abandonment; others react with shock and tears, creating a moral courtroom-like tableau within a grove.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Parents of Kṛṣṇa (as invoked by pitṛ-mātṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion integrates ethics: love for God is expressed using dharma-language—truth, loyalty, and compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, while invoking Vraja’s familial bonds as sacred memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical-religious admonition voiced in devotion.