Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

दुर्जनानां सुसंपर्काद्भृशं पापात्मना प्रभो । सौभण्यमधुना प्राप्तं सत्संसर्गेण नारद

Transliteration

durjanānāṃ susaṃparkādbhṛśaṃ pāpātmanā prabho | saubhaṇyamadhunā prāptaṃ satsaṃsargeṇa nārada

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ด้วยการคบหาคนพาลอย่างใกล้ชิด ข้าพเจ้ากลายเป็นผู้มีบาปหนักยิ่ง; แต่บัดนี้ โอ้ท่านนารท ด้วยสัทสังคะคือการคบหาบัณฑิต ข้าพเจ้าได้บรรลุความผาสุกแล้ว

Word by Word

• दुर्जनानाम्: of wicked people
• दुर्जनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• सुसंपर्कात्: from close association
• सुसंपर्कात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• भृशम्: greatly; intensely
• भृशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रता-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• पापात्मना: by the sinful-minded (one)
• पापात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/सहकारि (instrument/agent-like)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/संबोधन), एकवचन

• सौभण्यम्: good fortune; well-being
• सौभण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्राप्तम्: obtained; attained
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणवत्—‘सौभण्यम्’ इत्यस्य भावः (has been obtained)

• सत्संसर्गेण: by association with the good
• सत्संसर्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument/cause)

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/संबोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Gautamī (Godāvarī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘dvijāḥ’ in the surrounding narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A repentant speaker confesses past corruption from wicked company and expresses renewed well-being after meeting saints; Nārada stands as compassionate witness.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Company shapes character: association with the wicked leads to sin, while sat-saṅga restores auspiciousness and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location; the verse highlights sat-saṅga as a ‘living tīrtha’ that grants purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is sat-saṅga—seeking the company of the virtuous as a spiritual discipline.