Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

माता प्रकृतिरस्माकं स्वसा बुद्धिर्निगद्यते । अहंकारस्ततो जातो योऽहमित्यनुमीयते

Transliteration

mātā prakṛtirasmākaṃ svasā buddhirnigadyate | ahaṃkārastato jāto yo'hamityanumīyate

Translation

Diz-se que Prakṛti é nossa mãe, e Buddhi é chamada nossa irmã. Disso nasce Ahaṃkāra—o ego—pelo qual alguém conclui: “eu sou”.

Word by Word

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रकृतिः: Prakṛti, nature
• प्रकृतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• स्वसा: sister
• स्वसा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svasṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बुद्धिः: intellect
• बुद्धिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निगद्यते: is said/declared
• निगद्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni+gad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• अहंकारः: ego-sense
• अहंकारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: from that, then
• ततः: Hetu/Apādāna-nimitta (हेतु/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb)

• जातः: born, arisen
• जातः: Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग; (अहंकारः) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत्

• यः: which/that (who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-marker (उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• अनुमीयते: is inferred
• अनुमीयते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu+mā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

Speaker

Unspecified (philosophical exposition; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical tableau: Prakṛti as a maternal figure, Buddhi as a luminous sister, and Ahaṃkāra emerging as a crowned figure labeled ‘I’, with a subtle chain binding the jīva.

Characters & Entities

• Prakṛti
• Buddhi
• Ahaṃkāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Understanding the inner constituents of experience (prakṛti, buddhi, ahaṃkāra) helps loosen ego and supports the path to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya section of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is mentioned; the emphasis is on inner discernment (viveka/jñāna).