Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सर्व संगपरित्यक्तो विशाखः समपद्यत । दर्शनं कांक्षते नैव भवद्भिस्तु यथा पुरा

Transliteration

sarva saṃgaparityakto viśākhaḥ samapadyata | darśanaṃ kāṃkṣate naiva bhavadbhistu yathā purā

Translation

വിശാഖൻ സകല സംഗങ്ങളും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് ഒരു പുതിയ അവസ്ഥയിൽ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു. മുൻപത്തെപ്പോലെ നിങ്ങളെ കാണാനോ നിങ്ങളുമായി സഹവസിക്കാനോ അവൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• सर्व: all, entire
• सर्व: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (adjectival use; agreeing with implied/compound sense)

• सङ्ग-परित्यक्तः: having abandoned attachment
• सङ्ग-परित्यक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + परि-त्यक्त (कृदन्त; त्यज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘परित्यक्त’ = abandoned; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सङ्गस्य परित्यक्तः)

• विशाखः: Viśākha (name)
• विशाखः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समपद्यत: attained, came to (a state)
• समपद्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दर्शनम्: seeing, audience (darśana)
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• काङ्क्षते: desires, longs for
• काङ्क्षते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: काङ्क्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भवद्भिः: by you (honorific), with you
• भवद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम-शब्द), तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तु: but, however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोध-अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्यय (comparative adverb)

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśākha stands alone near the sacred landscape, minimal possessions, gaze inward; the departing sages look back, but he remains detached, signaling a definitive break from former companionship.

Characters & Entities

• Viśākha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Detachment is not merely inner—one also leaves prior harmful identities and associations behind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra as a catalyst for vairāgya and life-reorientation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the fruit of practice—renunciation and withdrawal from former patterns.