Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 191

Devanagari script

इमां कथामनुब्रूयात्तथा नाऽसूयके शिवे । इदं पुत्राय शिष्याय धर्मिणे न्यायवर्तिने

Transliteration

imāṃ kathāmanubrūyāttathā nā'sūyake śive | idaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya dharmiṇe nyāyavartine

Translation

ही पुण्यकथा शिवभक्त व असूयारहित जनासच सांगावी. हे धर्मनिष्ठ व न्यायमार्गी पुत्रास किंवा शिष्यांस देणे योग्य आहे.

Word by Word

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथाम्: story, discourse
• कथाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुब्रूयात्: should relate, should tell
• अनुब्रूयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (thus/likewise)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात

• असूयके: (to) one who is envious
• असूयके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असूयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अधिकरणे: 'in/for a non-envious person'—here with negation: 'not to the envious')

• शिवे: regarding Śiva / in Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (शिवे विषये/शिवे देवतायाम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुत्राय: to a son
• पुत्राय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• शिष्याय: to a disciple
• शिष्याय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धर्मिणे: to a righteous person
• धर्मिणे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• न्यायवर्तिने: to one who follows justice
• न्यायवर्तिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('in the path of justice' → 'one who follows justice')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Qualified Śaiva son/disciple (as recipient category)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm teaching scene: a sage expounds Prabhāsa-māhātmya to a humble son or disciple, marked by Śaiva signs (rudrākṣa, vibhūti), emphasizing non-envy and righteousness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (as 'śive' = Śaiva/devotee of Śiva)
• Son
• Disciple

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tradition is preserved by teaching it to the faithful, righteous, and non-envious, within proper lineage and ethics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the underlying context, since the protected narrative is the Prabhāsa-linked Sūrya-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A rule of instruction: teach this kathā only to qualified recipients—son/disciple who is dhārmic and follows nyāya.