Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

ददाति परमं स्थानं न तु ब्रह्मद्विषां प्रिये । ये च ध्यानं समासाद्य युक्तात्मानः समाहिताः

Transliteration

dadāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ na tu brahmadviṣāṃ priye | ye ca dhyānaṃ samāsādya yuktātmānaḥ samāhitāḥ

Translation

ഹേ പ്രിയേ! അവൻ പരമസ്ഥാനമരുളുന്നു; എന്നാൽ ബ്രഹ്മദ്വേഷികൾക്ക് അല്ല. ധ്യാനം പ്രാപിച്ച് യുക്താത്മാക്കളായി സമാഹിതരായവർ മാത്രമേ ആ പരമാവസ്ഥയ്ക്ക് യോഗ്യരാകൂ.

Word by Word

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• स्थानम्: abode, place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

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

• तु: but, however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/contrast particle)

• ब्रह्मद्विषाम्: of the haters of Brahman
• ब्रह्मद्विषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः द्विषः = haters of Brahman)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

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

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• समासाद्य: having attained, having entered
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle); ‘having attained/approached’

• युक्तात्मानः: self-controlled
• युक्तात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मधारयः (युक्तः आत्मा यस्य = whose self is disciplined)

• समाहिताः: collected, concentrated
• समाहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Meditators seated near the Prabhāsa shrine, senses withdrawn; a radiant ‘parama-sthāna’ above like a luminous summit; figures representing ‘brahma-dveṣa’ remain outside the light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is linked to inner discipline and reverence for sacred truth, not mere proximity to a holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the ongoing context of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditation) with a composed, disciplined mind.