Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

न चास्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु न चैतत्संभविष्यति । यत्र शक्तो भवत्कर्तुं दुःखस्यास्य च संक्षयम्

Transliteration

na cāsti triṣu lokeṣu na caitatsaṃbhaviṣyati | yatra śakto bhavatkartuṃ duḥkhasyāsya ca saṃkṣayam

Translation

Di tiga alam tiada seorang pun, dan tidak akan pernah ada, yang mampu mengadakan pengakhiran bagi penderitaan ini.

Word by Word

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

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

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Locus qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

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

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

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सम्भविष्यति: will happen, will be possible
• सम्भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Sambandha (Relative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• शक्तः: able
• शक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (कृदन्त; √शक् ‘to be able’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘able’

• भवत्: you (honorific)
• भवत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/सत्कारार्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरसूचक सर्वनाम

• कर्तुम्: to do, to make
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive)

• दुःखस्य: of sorrow
• दुःखस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• संक्षयम्: cessation, destruction
• संक्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

Speaker

Devī (continuing her reasoning, addressed to Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeker audience (frame); immediate dialogue: Pārvatī addressing Maheśvara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn moment in Prabhāsa-kṣetra: a devotee (or Pārvatī in the broader dialogue) expresses the impossibility of ending a profound suffering; the atmosphere is heavy, with the sea-coast horizon and distant temple silhouette suggesting fate and refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Tri-loka (three worlds)
• Śiva (implied as the addressed supreme)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ultimate relief from suffering is not found in worldly agencies; it rests in the highest divine power beyond the three worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, supporting its authoritative Shaiva teaching atmosphere rather than describing a specific spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal claim about the limits of worldly power and the need for divine refuge.