Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ये च त्वां पूजयिष्यंति मानवा मोह संयुताः । ते कृच्छ्रं परमं प्राप्य नाशं यास्यंति कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

ye ca tvāṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavā moha saṃyutāḥ | te kṛcchraṃ paramaṃ prāpya nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਮੋਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਫਸ ਕੇ ਤੇਰੀ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਨਗੇ, ਉਹ ਭਾਰੀ ਕਲੇਸ਼ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਸ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਣਗੇ।

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: people/humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मोह: delusion
• मोह: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भाव)

• संयुताः: joined with/possessed of
• संयुताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (मानवाः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कृच्छ्रम्: hardship/distress
• कृच्छ्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme/very great
• परमम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कृच्छ्रम्)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यास्यन्ति: will go to/meet
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely/altogether
• कृत्स्नशः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: manner/extent)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General human audience within the story; implied future worshippers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic warning: deluded humans offering worship to the cursed/unworthy, followed by imagery of hardship and downfall.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā
• Mānavas (humans)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Delusion-driven religiosity leads to suffering; dharma requires discernment and truth-aligned devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse functions as a moral warning within the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a consequence for deluded worship.