Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

मयि भक्त्यवसाने तु हरेः संदर्शनेन च । क्रोधदर्पाभिभूतत्वान्न मुक्तिं प्राप्नुवंति ते

Transliteration

mayi bhaktyavasāne tu hareḥ saṃdarśanena ca | krodhadarpābhibhūtatvānna muktiṃ prāpnuvaṃti te

Translation

परंतु माझ्यावरील भक्ती संपल्यावर, हरीचे दर्शन झाले तरी ते मुक्ती प्राप्त करीत नाहीत; कारण क्रोध व दर्प यांनी ते ग्रासलेले असतात।

Word by Word

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुष-प्रातिपदिक; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भक्ति-अवसाने: at the end of devotion
• भक्ति-अवसाने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भक्तेः अवसानम्)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• संदर्शनेन: by (the) seeing/vision
• संदर्शनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

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

• क्रोध-दर्प-अभिभूतत्वात्: because of being overcome by anger and pride
• क्रोध-दर्प-अभिभूतत्वात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिभूत (कृदन्त; √भू (धातु) उपसर्ग अभि) + त्व (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—(क्रोधेन दर्पेण च) अभिभूतत्वम् इति भाववाचक-तत्पुरुषः

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्नुवन्ति: attain
• प्राप्नुवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्ग प्र + प्राप्नु (वर्तमान-धातुरूप)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present Indicative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from contrast between devotion to Śiva and seeing Hari, within Śaiva discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor in Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Somnātha: one humble devotee receiving grace, another proud and angry despite darśana—darkened aura around the latter; a sage points to the heart as the real shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Krodha
• Darpa
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and devotion bear fruit only with inner purification; anger and pride can nullify spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the text stresses that true tīrtha-benefit requires humility and self-control.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the implied prescription is ethical restraint (freedom from krodha and darpa) alongside devotion and darśana.