Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुवर्णं पतितं हस्तान्न च लब्धं कथंचन

Transliteration

suvarṇaṃ patitaṃ hastānna ca labdhaṃ kathaṃcana

Translation

“Emas itu terlepas dari tanganku, dan aku tidak dapat mendapatkannya kembali dengan cara apa pun.”

Word by Word

• suvarṇam: gold
• suvarṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• patitam: fallen
• patitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pat (पत् धातु) + kta (क्त) → patita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• hastāt: from the hand
• hastāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• labdham: found
• labdham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु) + kta (क्त) → labdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (predicate) (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• kathaṃcana: in any way, at all
• kathaṃcana: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: in any way/at all)

Speaker

Sumati (as recollection/inner speech within Pulastya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (spot of the remembered incident)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of the king’s hands as gold slips away; his face shows regret; the sacred waters and eclipse gloom frame the moment of remembered loss.

Characters & Entities

• Sumati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly loss becomes a catalyst for deeper discernment, especially when connected to intended charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kanakhala tīrtha, since the statement recalls the loss that occurred there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a concise recollection of the earlier incident.