Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

लोकमध्ये कृतं हास्यमिह चैव विगर्हितः । यद्येष ते स्थितो भावस्तिष्ठ देव नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

lokamadhye kṛtaṃ hāsyamiha caiva vigarhitaḥ | yadyeṣa te sthito bhāvastiṣṭha deva namo'stu te

Translation

ท่ามกลางโลกท่านกลับเป็นที่หัวเราะเยาะ และที่นี่ก็ยังถูกติเตียนอีก หากอารมณ์นั้นฝังแน่นในท่านแล้ว ก็จงดำรงอยู่อย่างที่เป็นเถิด โอ้เทวะ—ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่าน

Word by Word

• loka-madhye: in the midst of the world/publicly
• loka-madhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकस्य मध्ये); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे ‘मध्य’ नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtam: done, made
• kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘हास्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• hāsyam: ridicule, laughter-worthy act
• hāsyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed, certainly
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/limiting particle)

• vigarhitaḥ: censured, blameworthy
• vigarhitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + garh (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अर्थतः ‘विगर्हितम्’—नपुंसक—‘हास्यम्’ इत्यन्वयः अपेक्षितः; पाठे पुंलिङ्ग-रूपम्)

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

• eṣaḥ: this (one/thing)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sthitaḥ: fixed, present
• sthitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भावः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• bhāvaḥ: state of mind, intention
• bhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tiṣṭha: stay, stand
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः प्रायः अव्ययवत्; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutatory particle)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Benediction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense exchange in a sacred precinct: a figure addresses a deva with folded hands, yet words carry reproach—public shame and censure hang in the air; temple silhouettes and sea-breeze of Prabhāsa implied.

Characters & Entities

• loka (world/people)
• Deva (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma safeguards honor; persistent wrongdoing brings public censure, and divine speech can withdraw approval while still maintaining formal reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is delivered within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya setting, underscoring Prabhāsa as a locus of dharmic accountability.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a concluding moral pronouncement within an assembly/ritual narrative context.