Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ततो धैर्यमवष्टभ्य मया मनसि चिंतितम् । न करिष्ये समालापं तया सह च कर्हिचित्

Transliteration

tato dhairyamavaṣṭabhya mayā manasi ciṃtitam | na kariṣye samālāpaṃ tayā saha ca karhicit

Translation

అప్పుడు ధైర్యాన్ని ఆశ్రయించి నేను మనసులో ఆలోచించాను—‘ఆమెతో నేను ఎప్పటికీ సంభాషణ చేయను.’

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (adverb: ‘thereupon/then’)

• धैर्यम्: steadfastness; courage
• धैर्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• अवष्टभ्य: having steadied; having braced
• अवष्टभ्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-स्तम्भ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having steadied/held fast’

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष; तृतीया (Instrumental); एकवचन

• मनसि: in (my) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• चिन्तितम्: was thought; considered
• चिन्तितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; भावे—‘it was thought/considered’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• करिष्ये: I will do/make
• करिष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समालापम्: conversation; talk
• समालापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समालाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• तया: with her
• तया: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Saha (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (indeclinable: ‘with’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction: ‘and’)

• कर्हिचित्: ever; at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हिचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘ever/at any time’)

Speaker

Nārada (as recalled/reported within Pulastya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor addressed as ‘dānavśārdūla’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The disturbed figure regains composure—upright posture, controlled gaze turned inward—signaling a decisive vow not to speak with the woman; the atmosphere shifts from agitation to firm calm.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Practical restraint: avoiding provocative interaction is a valid dharmic strategy to protect spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting; the immediate focus is inner discipline rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it recommends a behavioral vow—non-engagement with a trigger of desire.