Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

अकिंचनो नष्टसुतः शत्रूणां नगरे स्थितः । पराभवं महत्प्राप्य अचिरादेव मोक्ष्यसे

Transliteration

akiṃcano naṣṭasutaḥ śatrūṇāṃ nagare sthitaḥ | parābhavaṃ mahatprāpya acirādeva mokṣyase

Translation

သင်သည် အရာမရှိ ဆင်းရဲကင်းမဲ့၍ ‘သား’ ပျောက်ဆုံးကာ ရန်သူမြို့၌ နေထိုင်ရမည်။ အရှက်အကြီးအကျယ် ခံရပြီး မကြာမီ လွတ်မြောက်မည်။

Word by Word

• अकिंचनः: destitute, having nothing
• अकिंचनः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकिञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘त्वम्’ understood)

• नष्टसुतः: whose son is lost
• नष्टसुतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (नश् धातु, क्त-कृदन्त) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (नष्टः सुतः यस्य = whose son is lost)

• शत्रूणाम्: of enemies
• शत्रूणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्थितः: staying / situated
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त; here intransitive ‘having stayed’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पराभवम्: defeat, humiliation
• पराभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘पराभवम्’)

• प्राप्य: having met with / having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया (having obtained/experienced)

• अचिरात्: soon
• अचिरात्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; पञ्चमी-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: “before long/soon”)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be freed / released
• मोक्ष्यसे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/स्वार्थे ‘you will be released / you will free yourself’

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bleak prophetic image: Indra stripped of splendor, alone and impoverished in an enemy city, grieving the loss of a 'son'; then a soft turn toward release—chains loosen, dawn light enters.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Śakra (Indra)
• Enemies (Śatru)
• City (Nagara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering can be both consequence and purification; even severe downfall is portrayed as temporary when the karmic arc completes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the broader māhātmya context rather than the direct subject of the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.