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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अहतं धातुरक्तं वा तत्पवित्रमिति स्थितम् । अग्रतो वसते मूर्खो दूरे चास्य गुणान्वितः

Transliteration

ahataṃ dhāturaktaṃ vā tatpavitramiti sthitam | agrato vasate mūrkho dūre cāsya guṇānvitaḥ

Translation

Kain yang belum pernah dipakai, atau kain yang diwarnakan dengan pewarna mineral, ditetapkan sebagai suci. Namun orang bodoh boleh duduk dekat di hadapan, sedangkan orang yang berkeutamaan berada jauh.

Word by Word
अहतम्unbeaten/untreated
अहतम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootअहत (प्रातिपदिक; अ+हत, हन्-धातु से)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; unstruck/unbeaten)
धातु-रक्तम्mineral-dyed
धातु-रक्तम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootधातु (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘धातुना रक्तम्’ (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; dyed with mineral)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वय (that)
पवित्रम्pure
पवित्रम्:
Pratipādya (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter Nom/Acc singular)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
स्थितम्is established/held
स्थितम्:
Kriya (Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is established/held’ (PPP used predicatively)
अग्रतःin front
अग्रतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: in front)
वसतेdwells/lives
वसते:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular present, Ātmanepada)
मूर्खःa fool
मूर्खः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative used adverbially: far away)
चand
च:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय
अस्यof him
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम्/अदस्? → अस्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive singular: of him/its)
गुण-अन्वितःendowed with qualities
गुण-अन्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; अनु+इ/इण् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘गुणैः अन्वितः’ (Masculine, Nominative singular; endowed with virtues)
Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; social/ritual discernment teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim assembly at Prabhāsa: a coarse, self-satisfied man sits prominently in front; a serene, virtuous ascetic stands slightly apart. Nearby, folded cloth—one new, one mineral-dyed—symbolizes ‘purity’ and the ambiguity of externals.

FAQs

True worth is not guaranteed by physical closeness; virtue and discernment matter in whom one honors.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within its māhātmya narrative setting.

Standards for ‘pure’ cloth: new/unworn or mineral-dyed.

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