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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

शून्यं बिंदुस्वरूपं तु ध्येयं ध्यानविवर्जितम् । अस्ति नास्तीति यं प्राहुः सुदूरे चान्तिके च यत्

Transliteration

śūnyaṃ biṃdusvarūpaṃ tu dhyeyaṃ dhyānavivarjitam | asti nāstīti yaṃ prāhuḥ sudūre cāntike ca yat

Translation

ထိုအရာကို ငါကန်တော့၏—အလွတ် (śūnya) ဖြစ်သော်လည်း ဘိန္ဒု (bindu) အဖြစ်တည်၏; သိမြင်ရမည့်အရာဖြစ်သော်လည်း သာမန်ဓ്യာနကို ကျော်လွန်၏; «ရှိ» «မရှိ» ဟု ဆိုကြ၏; အလွန်ဝေးလည်း ဖြစ်၍ အလွန်နီးလည်း ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word
शून्यम्void; empty
शून्यम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
बिंदुस्वरूपम्of the nature of a point (bindu)
बिंदुस्वरूपम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
तुindeed; but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)
ध्येयम्to be meditated upon
ध्येयम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्यै (धातु) + य (कृदन्त; भाव्य/कर्तव्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाव्यकृदन्त (to be meditated upon)
ध्यानविवर्जितम्devoid of (ordinary) meditation
ध्यानविवर्जितम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त; √वृज्/वर्ज् ‘to avoid’ with वि)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘ध्यान’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (free from meditation)
अस्तिis; exists
अस्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
नास्तिis not; does not exist
नास्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootन + √अस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; निषेध (negation)
इतिthus; ‘as’
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (अत्र परमात्मनि), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
प्राहुःthey say; they have declared
प्राहुः:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
सुदूरेin the very far (away)
सुदूरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (locative adverbial)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
अन्तिकेin the near; close by
अन्तिके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (correlative ‘that which’)
Speaker

Romaharṣaṇa (continuing invocation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (topic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Non-figurative sacred visualization: a dark, tranquil void (śūnya) with a single luminous point (bindu) radiating; simultaneously a distant horizon and a near heart-center glow; sages listening in awe.

Characters & Entities
B
Bindu
S
Supreme Reality (Brahman/Hari)

FAQs

The Highest Truth transcends conceptual categories; it is approached through reverent realization rather than mere mental constructs.

This is still the invocation; the site-context remains Prabhāsakṣetra, introduced through transcendent praise.

No direct prescription; it points to inner realization beyond formalistic meditation techniques.

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