Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

न च बालिशि मे वीर्यं न सौभाग्यं न वा धनम् । न करोषि हि तेन त्वं मम वाक्यं कथञ्चन

Transliteration

na ca bāliśi me vīryaṃ na saubhāgyaṃ na vā dhanam | na karoṣi hi tena tvaṃ mama vākyaṃ kathañcana

Translation

«ထို့ပြင် အို မိုက်မဲသူ၊ ငါ၏ အင်အား၊ ကံကောင်းခြင်း၊ သို့မဟုတ် ငါ၏ ဥစ္စာဓနကို သင် မလေးစား; ထို့ကြောင့် သင်သည် ငါ၏ မိန့်တော်ကို မည်သို့မျှ မလိုက်နာ»။

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बालिशि: O foolish one
• बालिशि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (एन्क्लिटिक रूप)

• वीर्यम्: valor, strength
• वीर्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• वा: or
• वा: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• करोषि: you do
• करोषि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (emphatic)

• तेन: therefore, by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कारणार्थे

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: word, command
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथञ्चन: in any way, at all
• कथञ्चन: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); Arbuda-parvata (sectional locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boastful warrior/antagonist confronts a resolute woman (devī-like), speaking harshly and flaunting power and wealth; tension before battle.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward divine authority and dharmic instruction arises from ignorance and leads to conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting provides the sacred geography; this verse is not a direct glorification of a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.