Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वं भार्यया चोक्तो गृह्यमाणे च कांचने । न ग्राह्यं मूल्यमेतेषां त्वया नाथ कथंचन

Transliteration

tatastvaṃ bhāryayā cokto gṛhyamāṇe ca kāṃcane | na grāhyaṃ mūlyameteṣāṃ tvayā nātha kathaṃcana

Translation

ତାପରେ ତୁମେ ସୁନା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବାକୁ ଯାଉଥିବାବେଳେ ତୁମ ଭାର୍ଯ୍ୟା କହିଲେ—“ନାଥ, ଏମାନଙ୍କ ମୂଲ୍ୟ ତୁମେ କେବେବି ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍ ନୁହେଁ।”

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun

• भार्यया: by (your) wife
• भार्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; instrumental = by (wife)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) = conjunction

• उक्तः: was told
• उक्तः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘said/addressed’

• गृह्यमाणे: while (it was) being taken
• गृह्यमाणे: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘while being taken’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• काञ्चने: in the gold (ornament)
• काञ्चने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative = in/with regard to gold

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

• ग्राह्यम्: to be taken
• ग्राह्यम्: Karma (Object of prohibition/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be taken/acceptable’

• मूल्यम्: price/value
• मूल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘price/value’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; genitive = of these

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; instrumental = by you

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; vocative

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘in any way/at all’ (emphatic)

Speaker

Deductive (narrator reporting the wife’s counsel within the story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poor couple stands with gold in hand; the wife gently but firmly stops the acceptance, insisting the lotuses be given freely for Śiva worship.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāryā (wife)
• Gold (kāṃcana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings meant for worship should be handled with purity and non-commercial intent; dharma can speak through wise household counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbuda region) where Śiva’s worship is being extolled in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A restraint: not accepting payment (mūlya) connected to the sacred lotuses intended for Śiva-pūjā.