Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सिंहस्थे च गुरौ भद्रे संप्राप्ता सौभगं महत् । किन्तु दुर्जनसंसर्गाद्दग्धा पापाग्निना भृशम्

Transliteration

siṃhasthe ca gurau bhadre saṃprāptā saubhagaṃ mahat | kintu durjanasaṃsargāddagdhā pāpāgninā bhṛśam

Translation

เมื่อครู (คุรุ) อยู่ในราศีสิงห์ โอ้สตรีผู้ประเสริฐ นางได้บรรลุสิริมงคลยิ่งใหญ่; แต่เพราะคบคนพาล จึงถูกไฟแห่งบาปเผาผลาญอย่างรุนแรง

Word by Word

• siṃhasthe: in (the) Siṃha-stha (Leo position/occasion)
• siṃhasthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘सिंहे स्थे’ = सिंहस्थे (सिंहराशौ/सिंहस्थाने)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• gurau: when Jupiter (Guru) is (there); in Guru
• gurau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन

• saṃprāptā: having attained; obtained
• saṃprāptā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘प्राप्ता’

• saubhagam: good fortune
• saubhagam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kintu: but however
• kintu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kintu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative particle)

• durjana-saṃsargāt: from association with wicked people
• durjana-saṃsargāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durjana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘दुर्जनानां संसर्गः’

• dagdhā: burnt, scorched
• dagdhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘burnt’

• pāpa-agninā: by the fire of sin
• pāpa-agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः) ‘पापः अग्निः’

• bhṛśam: excessively, greatly
• bhṛśam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siṃhastha (Kumbha context) / Gautamī implied

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river-goddess figure (Gautamī implied) once radiant under an auspicious zodiacal sky with Jupiter in Leo, later shown scorched/dimmed by smoky ‘pāpa-fire’ arising from shadowy wicked companions—an allegory of moral contagion.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Guru (Bṛhaspati/Jupiter)
• Siṃha (Leo)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly and spiritual fortune is protected by good company (sat-saṅga); association with the wicked destroys merit like a consuming fire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is moral/illustrative; within the broader passage it supports the sanctity-centered narrative around Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the instruction is ethical—avoid durjana-saṃsarga (harmful company).