Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 143

Devanagari script

सर्वं चापि तथालीकं मूढैश्चापि प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ cāpi tathālīkaṃ mūḍhaiścāpi prakīrtitam

Translation

വീണ്ടും, ‘ഇതെല്ലാം അതുപോലെ—വെറും അസത്യം’ എന്ന് മൂഢന്മാരും പ്രചരിപ്പിക്കും.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all; everything
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣya (Head qualified/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; English: neuter nom/acc sg

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

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• तथा-अलीकम्: likewise false; similarly untrue
• तथा-अलीकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अलीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (‘तथा’ इति अव्ययपूर्वकं ‘अलीक’); English: neuter nom/acc sg

• मूढैः: by the deluded
• मूढैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; English: masculine instrumental plural

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• प्रकीर्तितम्: proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Echoing chorus of deluded proclamations—figures repeating ‘all is false’—contrasted with a silent sanctum where the lamp flame remains steady, symbolizing truth beyond argument.

Characters & Entities

• Mūḍha (deluded people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated dismissal of sacred truth as ‘false’ is shown as delusion; one should cultivate humility and śraddhā toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kali-yuga critique within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somēśa) narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral-spiritual warning about speech and belief.