Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

त्वं चापि शृणु मे दक्ष वचनं सर्वरक्षणम् । त्यक्त्वा लोकेषणामेनां मद्भक्तो भव यत्नतः

Transliteration

tvaṃ cāpi śṛṇu me dakṣa vacanaṃ sarvarakṣaṇam | tyaktvā lokeṣaṇāmenāṃ madbhakto bhava yatnataḥ

Translation

“ദക്ഷാ, നീയും സർവ്വരക്ഷകമായ എന്റെ വചനം കേൾക്കുക: ലോകമാനത്തിന്റെ ഈ ആസക്തി ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ എന്റെ ഭക്തനാകുക.”

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्गे (contextual), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-अर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दक्ष: O Dakṣa
• दक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वचनम्: statement, word
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वरक्षणम्: protective of all / for universal protection
• सर्वरक्षणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + रक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; ‘of all’ + ‘protection’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) to वचनम्

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having abandoned)

• लोकेषणाम्: worldly desire/longing
• लोकेषणाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + एषणā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘worldly’ + ‘desire/quest’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एनाम्: this (her/this one)
• एनाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; apposition to लोकेषणाम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मद्भक्तः: my devotee
• मद्भक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (genitive-determinative: ‘my’ + ‘devotee’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यत्नतः: with effort, diligently
• यत्नतः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial: ‘with effort’)

Speaker

Śiva (Hara/Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva gives a calm, protective admonition to Dakṣa: renounce worldly craving for regard and become a devoted worshipper; Dakṣa listens with lowered head, chastened.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly ambition and the hunger for status obstruct devotion; protection lies in sincere Śiva-bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The counsel is delivered in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra context of Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A moral-spiritual prescription is given: renounce lokeṣaṇā and cultivate devoted worship (bhakti) with effort.