Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं प्राप्य पृथक्भावमापन्नो भुवनेष्वहम् । प्राप्यं भागमिदं दैवात्प्रभावात्तव नार्हसि

Transliteration

jñānaṃ prāpya pṛthakbhāvamāpanno bhuvaneṣvaham | prāpyaṃ bhāgamidaṃ daivātprabhāvāttava nārhasi

Translation

ज्ञान प्राप्त करून मी या लोकांत सांसारिक ओळखीपासून वेगळेपणाच्या अवस्थेला पोहोचलो आहे. हा भाग दैवयोगाने मिळाला; हे प्रभो, तुझ्या प्रभावाने तो अन्यथा होऊ देऊ नकोस—मला पतनास जाऊ देऊ नकोस.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √prāp (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); अर्थ: 'having attained'

• पृथक्भावम्: a state of separateness
• पृथक्भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययीभावसन्निभः अर्थे: 'पृथक्-भावः' = separateness); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आपन्नः: having reached, having fallen into
• आपन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpanna (ā-√pad, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with अहम्)

• भुवनेषु: in the worlds
• भुवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• प्राप्यम्: obtainable, to be obtained
• प्राप्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpya (√prāp, यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be obtained'); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with भागम्)

• भागम्: share, portion
• भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with भागम्)

• दैवात्: by fate, from destiny
• दैवात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन (Ablative singular: 'from fate/by destiny')

• प्रभावात्: due to (your) power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (हेतु), एकवचन (Ablative singular: 'due to power/influence')

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Genitive singular)

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

• अर्हसि: you deserve, you ought
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd sg)

Speaker

A mumukṣu addressing the Lord/guru (second-person ‘tava’ indicates an invoked protector; exact named speaker not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A realized seeker, calm yet earnest, offers a prayer to Śiva: one hand in añjali, the other holding a rosary; worldly scenes swirl faintly around but do not touch him.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Realization must be safeguarded through divine/guru protection; grace is invoked so the seeker does not relapse into worldly identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not name a specific location in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned; it is an appeal for protective grace to stabilize jñāna.