Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ताभ्यां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ततो भार्यामभाषत । तदेव वाक्यं साऽवोचद्यत्प्रोक्तं गुरुभिः पुरा । ततो वैराग्यमापन्नो वैशाखो मुनिसत्तमः

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tato bhāryāmabhāṣata | tadeva vākyaṃ sā'vocadyatproktaṃ gurubhiḥ purā | tato vairāgyamāpanno vaiśākho munisattamaḥ

Translation

Ouvindo aquelas palavras deles, falou então à sua esposa. Ela repetiu a mesma afirmação que outrora fora ensinada pelos veneráveis mestres. Então Vaiśākha, o melhor dos munis, alcançou o vairāgya, o desapego.

Word by Word

• tābhyām: by those two
• tābhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (तद्-शब्दः), तृतीया/पञ्चमी (instr/abl), द्विवचन; अत्र तृतीया (by those two)

• tad-vacanam: their/that speech, those words
• tad-vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य वचनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमे/thereupon)

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• abhāṣata: spoke (to)
• abhāṣata: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (भाष् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाक्यम् इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis)

• vākyam: statement, words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; सा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• avocat: said
• avocat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yat: which (that)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• proktam: spoken, taught
• proktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra+vac (प्र+वच् धातु) + ta (क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत्/वाक्यम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• gurubhiḥ: by the teachers
• gurubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• purā: formerly, earlier
• purā: Kālādhi karaṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमे/thereupon)

• vairāgyam: dispassion, detachment
• vairāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āpannaḥ: having attained, fallen into
• āpannaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā+pad (आ+पद् धातु) + na (क्त/क्तवत्-सम्भव; आपन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participial adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वैशाखः इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• vaiśākhaḥ: Vaiśākha (proper name)
• vaiśākhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśākha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• muni-sattamaḥ: best of sages
• muni-sattamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां सत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वैशाखस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (ṛṣi/śaunaka-type audience in purāṇic setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage (Vaiśākha) listens to elders, then turns to his wife; she repeats the elders’ teaching; his face softens into calm dispassion as he resolves to change his life.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worldly justifications for wrongdoing are exposed, discernment can mature into vairāgya—turning the mind toward higher dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Prabhāsakṣetra in the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, though this verse highlights inner transformation rather than a particular shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse points to renunciatory insight (vairāgya) arising from dharmic reflection.