Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अल्पमृत्युभयं तस्य मा भूत्तव प्रसादतः । इष्टान्कामानवाप्नोतु इहलोके परत्र च

Transliteration

alpamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya mā bhūttava prasādataḥ | iṣṭānkāmānavāpnotu ihaloke paratra ca

Translation

“Dengan rahmat-Mu, semoga dia tidak ditimpa ketakutan akan kematian sebelum waktunya; dan semoga dia memperoleh segala hajat yang diidamkan—di dunia ini dan di alam sana.”

Word by Word

• अल्पमृत्युभयम्: slight fear of death
• अल्पमृत्युभयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अल्प + मृत्यु + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः समासः (अल्पं च तत् मृत्युभयं)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मा: may not / do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• भूत्: be
• भूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/prohibitive with मा), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रसादतः: from (your) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• इष्टान्: desired
• इष्टान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/इच्छ् → इष्ट as desired)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कामान्)

• कामान्: wishes
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोतु: may he obtain
• अवाप्नोतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इहलोके: in this world
• इहलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इह + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (इह = here)

• परत्र: in the other world / hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere/afterlife)

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

Speaker

Śukra (continuing the boon-request formulation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (contextual) and adjacent Śiva-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra petitions Śiva: a devotee who performs the Kārtika rite should be freed from untimely-death fear and gain cherished desires in both realms; Śiva’s aura radiates protective light.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Śiva (implied as grantor of prasāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s prasāda is depicted as protecting life and granting both worldly welfare and spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefits are attached to the Arbuda-khaṇḍa observance connected with touching the sanctified locus and worshipping the liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the fruit (phala) of the Kartika Śuklāṣṭamī liṅga-pūjā practice described immediately before.