Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

न केऽपि प्रति गृह्णंति लोका दुर्भिक्षपीडिताः । भ्रमितस्त्वं च सर्वत्र श्रांतो वैराग्यमागतः

Transliteration

na ke'pi prati gṛhṇaṃti lokā durbhikṣapīḍitāḥ | bhramitastvaṃ ca sarvatra śrāṃto vairāgyamāgataḥ

Translation

Никто не принимал их, ибо люди были измучены голодом. Ты скитался повсюду, утомился и пришёл к вайрагье — отрешённости.

Word by Word

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

• kaḥ: who/anyone
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट-कर्ता (indefinite)

• api: even/any
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (enclitic particle: even/also/any)

• prati: towards/for
• prati: Adhikarana/Direction (दिशा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb: towards)

• gṛhṇanti: accept/take
• gṛhṇanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; धात्वर्थः—ग्रहणम् (they accept/take)

• lokāḥ: people
• lokāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• durbhikṣa-pīḍitāḥ: afflicted by famine
• durbhikṣa-pīḍitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durbhikṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍita (कृदन्त; √pīḍ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (दुर्भिक्षेण पीडिताः = afflicted by famine); पीḍित—क्त (past passive participle)

• bhramitaḥ: wandered/roamed
• bhramitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhramita (कृदन्त; √bhram)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भ्रमित—क्त (past passive participle: having wandered)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: everywhere)

• śrāntaḥ: tired
• śrāntaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrānta (कृदन्त; √śram)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; श्रान्त—क्त (tired)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vairāgyam: dispassion
• vairāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āgataḥ: having attained/come to
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (कृदन्त; √gam + ā- उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आगत—क्त (having attained/come to)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kshetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A famine-struck crowd refuses the lotuses; the man wanders exhausted through dusty lanes, his face shifting from hope to quiet dispassion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly insecurity can awaken vairāgya, preparing the mind for devotion and sacred practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the story soon turns to Kedāra and a Śiva temple context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it highlights the moral-psychological shift (weariness leading to detachment).