Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

विधाय भुजवेगं वा पादौ बद्ध्वा शनैः शनैः । मौनेन मानुषो मायां त्यक्त्वा याति शिवालये

Transliteration

vidhāya bhujavegaṃ vā pādau baddhvā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ | maunena mānuṣo māyāṃ tyaktvā yāti śivālaye

Translation

Sama ada bergerak ke hadapan dengan kekuatan lengan, atau dengan kaki terikat lalu melangkah amat perlahan, seseorang—melalui diam suci (mauna)—menanggalkan māyā dan menuju Śivālaya, kediaman Śiva.

Word by Word

• विधाय: having arranged/produced
• विधाय: Kriya (Non-finite verb/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• भुज-वेगम्: the force of the arms
• भुज-वेगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज (प्रातिपदिक) + वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भुजानां वेगः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle of alternative)

• पादौ: the two feet
• पादौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; Accusative dual

• बद्ध्वा: having bound
• बद्ध्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शनैः: very slowly
• शनैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (पुनरुक्ति-बल); adverb (reduplication for emphasis)

• मौनेन: by silence
• मौनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• मानुषः: a human (man)
• मानुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मायाम्: illusion
• मायाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• शिव-आलये: to/in Śiva’s abode
• शिव-आलये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘शिवस्य आलयः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; Locative singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic pilgrim advances with great difficulty—either pulling forward by arms or moving with bound feet—yet surrounded by a calm aura; a luminous Śiva-temple/Śivālaya appears ahead as māyā (dark veil) falls away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined restraint—especially silence—purifies perception; austerity joined with devotion leads beyond māyā toward Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha kṣetra in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, described as a Śivālaya destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauna (silence) as a vow/discipline, alongside severe yātrā-austerities (moving by arms or with feet bound, progressing slowly).