Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

नैकत्र वासो लक्ष्म्यास्तु भविष्यति कदाचन । रुद्रापि चंचला तावन्मूर्खेषु च वसिष्यसि

Transliteration

naikatra vāso lakṣmyāstu bhaviṣyati kadācana | rudrāpi caṃcalā tāvanmūrkheṣu ca vasiṣyasi

Translation

“ലക്ഷ്മിയുടെ വാസം ഒരിടത്ത് ഒരിക്കലും സ്ഥിരമാവുകയില്ല. നീ ‘രുദ്രാ’ ആയിട്ടും ചഞ്ചലയായി, മൂഢന്മാരുടെ ഇടയിൽ തന്നെ വസിക്കും.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (sentence negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ekatra: in one place
• ekatra: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'in one place')

• vāsaḥ: dwelling, residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• lakṣmyāḥ: of Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyāḥ: Sambandha (genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kadācana: ever, at any time
• kadācana: Kāla (time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'ever/at any time')

• rudrā: Rudrā
• rudrā: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (नाम: रुद्रा)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• caṃcalā: restless, fickle
• caṃcalā: Karta (subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṃcalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Kāla (duration/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so long/as long as)

• mūrkheṣu: among fools
• mūrkheṣu: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vasiṣyasi: you will dwell
• vasiṣyasi: Kriya (predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī pronounces the curse: Lakṣmī depicted as a radiant goddess with a restless, wind-tossed veil, symbolizing her inability to stay in one place; shadowy figures of ‘fools’ appear as the destined company.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Lakṣmī
• Rudrā (as an epithet for a goddess/consort figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fortune (Lakṣmī) is unstable where dharma is weak; prosperity gravitates away from folly and unrighteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya setting, though the verse focuses on the moral symbolism of Lakṣmī’s mobility.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it conveys a dharmic principle about merit (puṇya) and the stability of prosperity.