Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

नरः पापमवाप्नोति महद्वै नात्र संशयः । असतां प्रग्रहो यत्र सतां चैव विमानता

Transliteration

naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahadvai nātra saṃśayaḥ | asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānatā

Translation

नरः पापं महद् प्राप्नोति, नात्र संशयः। असतां प्रग्रहो यत्र, सतां चैव विमानता॥

Word by Word

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (as qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम्)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Negation (Nishedha/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Adverbial location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असताम्: of the wicked
• असताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रग्रहः: favor/support
• प्रग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-प्रश्न/यदर्थ (relative adverb: where)

• सताम्: of the good
• सताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Discourse particle (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (restrictive/emphatic)

• विमानता: disrespect/insult
• विमानता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमानता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Dadhīca Ṛṣi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dakṣa and the yajña participants; pilgrims as secondary audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A court-like sacrificial assembly where corrupt figures receive garlands and seats of honor while austere sages stand disregarded; a narrator-figure indicates the moral inversion as a dark cloud gathers above the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīca
• General moral agents (nara)
• Sat (the good)
• Asat (the wicked)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting adharma and insulting the righteous produces heavy pāpa; social and ritual order depends on honoring the good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya section of Prabhāsa, though it teaches general dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it gives an ethical rule relevant to yajña and community conduct.