Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अद्य प्रभृति नेक्ष्यास्ता विष्णुभार्याः कथंचन । न तासां दर्शने जातु स्थातव्यं यदुनन्दन

Transliteration

adya prabhṛti nekṣyāstā viṣṇubhāryāḥ kathaṃcana | na tāsāṃ darśane jātu sthātavyaṃ yadunandana

Translation

ตั้งแต่วันนี้เป็นต้นไป เจ้าอย่าได้มองเหล่าพระชายาของพระวิษณุไม่ว่าด้วยประการใด โอ้ ผู้เป็นที่ชื่นใจแห่งยทุ จงอย่าได้ยืนค้างอยู่ต่อหน้าพวกนางเป็นอันขาด

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक/अवधिवाचक (from, beginning with)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• ईक्ष्याः: (you) should see / look at
• ईक्ष्याः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: ईक्ष् (to see) — निषेधेन सह ‘नेक्ष्याः’ = ‘मा ईक्ष्याः’ (do not see)

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन (pronoun)

• विष्णु-भार्याः: the wives of Viṣṇu
• विष्णु-भार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘विष्णोः भार्याः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• कथंचन: in any manner (at all)
• कथंचन: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in any way/at all)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (pronoun)

• दर्शने: in (their) sight / at the viewing
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जातु: ever
• जातु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (ever/at any time)

• स्थातव्यम्: should be stayed / must remain
• स्थातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘स्थातुं योग्यं/आवश्यकम्’ (must be stood/should remain)

• यदु-नन्दन: O delight of the Yadus
• यदु-नन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘यदूनां नन्दनः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sāmba

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya (or the divine authority in the scene) lays down a strict injunction to Sāmba: never look upon Viṣṇu’s wives nor remain in their presence—an ethical boundary following promised healing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sāmba
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇu-bhāryāḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s queens)
• Yadu lineage

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint and respect for marital boundaries are presented as essential dharma, preventing downfall and renewed suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Although a moral injunction, it is delivered within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya context where transformation accompanies pilgrimage and devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A behavioral vow-like injunction is given: avoid looking at or standing in the presence of Viṣṇu’s wives.