Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ये च त्वां पूजयिष्यंति मानवा मोह संयुताः । ते कृच्छ्रं परमं प्राप्य नाशं यास्यंति कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

ye ca tvāṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavā moha saṃyutāḥ | te kṛcchraṃ paramaṃ prāpya nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

และมนุษย์ทั้งหลายผู้หลงมัวเมาแล้วบูชาเจ้า ครั้นประสบทุกข์ยากยิ่งนักแล้ว จักถึงความพินาศสิ้นเชิง

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: people/humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मोह: delusion
• मोह: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भाव)

• संयुताः: joined with/possessed of
• संयुताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (मानवाः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कृच्छ्रम्: hardship/distress
• कृच्छ्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme/very great
• परमम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कृच्छ्रम्)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यास्यन्ति: will go to/meet
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely/altogether
• कृत्स्नशः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: manner/extent)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General human audience within the story; implied future worshippers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic warning: deluded humans offering worship to the cursed/unworthy, followed by imagery of hardship and downfall.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā
• Mānavas (humans)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Delusion-driven religiosity leads to suffering; dharma requires discernment and truth-aligned devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse functions as a moral warning within the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a consequence for deluded worship.