Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

तीर्थे चैव मृता ये तु शिवनिन्दापरायणाः । तिर्यग्योनिप्रसूताश्च दृश्यन्ते सर्वयोनिषु

Transliteration

tīrthe caiva mṛtā ye tu śivanindāparāyaṇāḥ | tiryagyoniprasūtāśca dṛśyante sarvayoniṣu

Translation

എന്നാൽ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ മരിച്ചിട്ടും ശിവനിന്ദയിൽ ആസക്തരായവർ തിര്യക്-യോനിയിൽ ജനിച്ച്, പല താഴ്ന്ന യോനികളിലും കാണപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; English: neuter locative singular

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/emphasis)

• मृताः: dead; having died
• मृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘मृत’—English: masc nom pl ‘dead’

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun); English: masc nom pl ‘who’

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• शिव-निन्दा-परायणाः: devoted to reviling Śiva
• शिव-निन्दा-परायणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘शिवस्य निन्दा’ तस्यां परायणाः); English: masc nom pl

• तिर्यक्-योनि-प्रसूताः: born in animal wombs
• तिर्यक्-योनि-प्रसूताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसूत (कृदन्त; प्र + सू धातु → क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; ‘प्रसूत’ भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); English: masc nom pl ‘born in animal wombs’

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

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; English: present, 3rd pl, passive/reflexive sense ‘are seen’

• सर्व-योनिषु: in all wombs/births
• सर्व-योनिषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘सर्वासु योनिषु’); English: feminine locative plural

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: pilgrims at a river/sea-ghāṭa; one group offers flowers to Śiva, while a darker group mocks; after death, the mockers are shown in successive animal forms across a banded narrative panel.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit only with reverence; blasphemy toward Śiva becomes a cause of degrading rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, centered on Prabhāsa as a supremely potent tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it warns against Śiva-nindā while being in a tīrtha.