Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

आत्मोपलब्धिविज्ञेयं चित्तचिंताविवर्जितम् । गमागमविनिर्मुक्तं बहिरंतश्च केवलम्

Transliteration

ātmopalabdhivijñeyaṃ cittaciṃtāvivarjitam | gamāgamavinirmuktaṃ bahiraṃtaśca kevalam

Translation

ആ തത്ത്വം ആത്മസാക്ഷാത്കാരത്തിലൂടെ അറിയേണ്ടത്; ചിത്തത്തിന്റെ കൽപ്പന-ചിന്തകളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തം, വരവ്-പോക്ക് അതീതം, പുറവും അകവും ഏകമാത്രമായി ശുദ്ധമായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നത്.

Word by Word

• ātma-upalabdhi-vijñeyam: knowable through self-realization
• ātma-upalabdhi-vijñeyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + upalabdhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-jñeya (√jñā; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आत्मोपलब्ध्या विज्ञेयम्/आत्मोपलब्धि-विषयकं विज्ञेयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘to be known/knowable’

• citta-ciṃtā-vivarjitam: devoid of mental worry/thought
• citta-ciṃtā-vivarjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक) + ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-varjita (√vṛj/√varj; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चित्तचिन्तया विवर्जितम्); भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• gama-āgama-vinirmuktam: freed from coming and going
• gama-āgama-vinirmuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gama (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nir-mukta (√muc; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (गमश्च आगमश्च); तत्पश्चात् तत्पुरुष-भावः ‘गमागमात् विनिर्मुक्तम्’; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• bahis: outside
• bahis: Desha (Spatial qualifier/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahis (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/देशवाचक (adverb of place: outside)

• antaḥ: inside
• antaḥ: Desha (Spatial qualifier/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/देशवाचक (adverb of place: inside)

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

• kevalam: alone, absolute
• kevalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsa-māhātmya context): narrator/teacher figure continuing the Prabhāsa teaching

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as a locus for ātma-upalabdhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A silent sanctum: the liṅga centered, with a transparent overlay of ‘inner and outer’—a meditating pilgrim whose heart-lotus aligns with the liṅga; no sense of motion, only presence.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is realized inwardly (ātma-upalabdhi), beyond mental agitation and beyond the cycle of change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra by implication within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse stresses contemplative realization rather than an external rite.