Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

एकाकिनाऽपि मर्त्तव्यं यस्मान्मया त्वया विना । यदि मां सहितं तत्र त्वया व्याघ्रो वधिष्यति

Transliteration

ekākinā'pi marttavyaṃ yasmānmayā tvayā vinā | yadi māṃ sahitaṃ tatra tvayā vyāghro vadhiṣyati

Translation

เมื่อข้าจำต้องตายแม้อยู่ลำพังปราศจากเจ้า หากที่นั่นเสือจักฆ่าข้าในยามที่ข้าอยู่กับเจ้า ก็ขอให้เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด

Word by Word

• एकाकिना: by (being) alone
• एकाकिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (implicit agent ‘by one alone’)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्ययम् (also/even)

• मर्तव्यम्: must die
• मर्तव्यम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्यत्) भावे; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; obligation: ‘must die’

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: ‘because/from which’

• मया: by/with me
• मया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• विना: without
• विना: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: वियोगार्थक-अव्ययम् (preposition/postposition: without)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्ययम् (conditional particle: if)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; English: ‘me’ accusative

• सहितम्: accompanied (together)
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (mām) ‘accompanied/with (you)’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• व्याघ्रः: tiger
• व्याघ्रः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• वधिष्यति: will kill
• वधिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (future), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; English: ‘will kill’

Speaker

Vatsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A child/son speaks to his mother on a forest path near a sacred mountain; a tiger lurks in the background; the speaker shows calm resolve, choosing to face death rather than abandon her.

Characters & Entities

• Vatsa
• Mother
• Vyāghra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee to dharma accepts unavoidable fate with courage, especially when serving a righteous duty toward a parent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse communicates resolve and filial devotion rather than ritual.