Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

न गृहं न धनं गोत्रमनादिनिधनोव्ययः । स्थिरबुद्धिर्न चैवासौ क्रीडते भुवनत्रये

Transliteration

na gṛhaṃ na dhanaṃ gotramanādinidhanovyayaḥ | sthirabuddhirna caivāsau krīḍate bhuvanatraye

Translation

അവന് ഗൃഹമില്ല, ധനമില്ല, ഗോത്രമില്ല—അവൻ അനാദി, അനന്തൻ, അവ്യയൻ. സ്ഥിരബുദ്ധിയോടെ ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും ക്രീഡിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• न: no/not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: विषय (Topic/nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (context: 'no house')

• न: no/not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: विषय (Topic/nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• गोत्रम्: lineage/clan
• गोत्रम्: विषय (Topic/nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• अनादिनिधनः: beginningless and endless
• अनादिनिधनः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि + निधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः: अनादि (without beginning) + निधन (end) → 'without beginning and end'

• अव्ययः: imperishable/unchanging
• अव्ययः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थिरबुद्धिः: steady-minded
• स्थिरबुद्धिः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: 'स्थिरा बुद्धिः यस्य' / 'steady-minded'

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• असौ: he/that one
• असौ: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्रीडते: plays/sports
• क्रीडते: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: अधिकरण (Location/sphere)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): त्रयाणां भुवनानाम् = 'in the three worlds'

Speaker

Deductive (Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative voice praising Śiva’s imperishability)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, ash-smeared Śiva-like ascetic, unbound by possessions, moving freely through symbolic three realms—earth, mid-air, and heaven—while remaining inwardly still.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s freedom is shown by his lack of dependence on possessions or social identity; his ‘play’ is the cosmic order itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within Prabhāsa, where Śiva’s timeless nature is celebrated as part of the site’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a theological characterization.