Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । कथं ते जायते मोक्षो वद शीघ्रमशेषतः । करिष्ये नात्र संदेहो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | kathaṃ te jāyate mokṣo vada śīghramaśeṣataḥ | kariṣye nātra saṃdeho yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

Gautama berkata: “Katakan kepadaku segera dan sepenuhnya—bagaimanakah mokṣa (pembebasan) dapat datang kepadamu? Aku akan melakukannya; tiada keraguan, walaupun amat sukar dicapai.”

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular) — enclitic form

• जायते: arises / is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• अशेषतः: completely; without remainder
• अशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• करिष्ये: I will do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यद्यपि: even if
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (concessive: 'even if')

• स्यात्: may be / should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुदुर्लभम्: very difficult to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Paryuṣita

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama, firm and compassionate, addresses the distressed departed: he promises to accomplish whatever is required for liberation, even if extremely hard; posture upright, hand raised in vow.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Paryuṣita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic person responds to suffering with decisive compassion, seeking the correct means to uplift the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the setting; the precise tīrtha (Haripriya) is introduced in the next verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A commitment to perform the required rites once the proper method is known—foreshadowing tīrtha-śrāddha.