Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

न चामृतस्य तेऽस्थीनि ग्रहीतुं शक्तिरस्ति नः । तस्मात्सर्वं समालोच्य यत्कर्तव्यं तदुच्यताम्

Transliteration

na cāmṛtasya te'sthīni grahītuṃ śaktirasti naḥ | tasmātsarvaṃ samālocya yatkartavyaṃ taducyatām

Translation

ତପସ୍ୟାରେ ଅମୃତତ୍ୱ ପାଇଥିବା ତୁମ ଅସ୍ଥିଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆମର ଶକ୍ତି ନାହିଁ; ତେଣୁ ସବୁ ଭାବି ଯାହା କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟ, ତାହା କହ।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• amṛtasya: of the immortal (one) / of Amṛta
• amṛtasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• grahītum: to take
• grahītum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु: ग्रह् ‘to take’)
• Form: तुमुन्-अन्त (infinitive)

• śaktiḥ: ability, power
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु: अस् ‘to be’)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naḥ: of us / our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (ablatival adverbial form), ‘therefore/from that’

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karman (Object of ‘samālocya’—having considered everything/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samālocya: having deliberated
• samālocya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√loc (धातु: लोच्/लोक् ‘to look/consider’)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having considered’

• yat: what
• yat: Karta (Subject of passive ‘ucyatām’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• kartavyam: to be done, duty
• kartavyam: Vidhya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + tavya (कृत्य प्रत्यय) → kartavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/कृत्य ‘to be done’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate adjective)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Correlative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सहसंबन्ध (correlative to ‘yat’)

• ucyatām: let it be stated
• ucyatām: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु: वच् ‘to say’) (passive stem: ucyate)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be said’

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kathā-śrotṛs (listeners) / pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra admits the devas cannot seize Dadhīci’s ‘amṛta-made’ bones; the devas request guidance after careful deliberation, emphasizing the sage’s spiritual sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Dadhīci
• Amṛta (deathlessness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas transforms the ordinary into sacred potency; even divine beings approach such sanctity with reverence and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where exemplary dharma and sacrifice are narrated as part of the site’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes dharmic consultation and consent in accomplishing a divine purpose.