Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

प्रणष्टद्रव्यता यस्य स्मरणान्न भवेन्नृणाम् । चतुर्युगे त्वतिक्रांते मनौ ह्येकादशे प्रभौ

Transliteration

praṇaṣṭadravyatā yasya smaraṇānna bhavennṛṇām | caturyuge tvatikrāṃte manau hyekādaśe prabhau

Translation

เพียงระลึกถึงพระองค์ มนุษย์ย่อมไม่ประสบความสูญเสียทรัพย์สิน ครั้นเมื่อสี่ยุคผ่านพ้น ในสมัยมานุที่สิบเอ็ด พระผู้ทรงเดชานุภาพนั้นได้ปรากฏ

Word by Word

• praṇaṣṭa-dravyatā: loss of wealth/property
• praṇaṣṭa-dravyatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇaṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś) + dravyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रणष्टस्य द्रव्यस्य ता)

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• smaraṇāt: from (the) remembrance
• smaraṇāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• bhavet: would occur/become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• catur-yuge: in the four-yuga cycle
• catur-yuge: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चत्वारि युगानि यस्मिन्)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• atikrānte: when (it) had passed
• atikrānte: Adhikarana (Temporal qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atikrānta (कृदन्त; √kram with ati-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (caturyuge)

• manau: in (the reign of) Manu
• manau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/for)

• ekādaśe: in the eleventh
• ekādaśe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (manau)

• prabhau: in/under the lord (Prabhu)
• prabhau: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic scene: merchants and householders safeguarded as they remember the mighty exemplar; above them, a cosmic clock of yugas and the eleventh Manu cycle indicated by celestial wheels and manuscript-like time markers.

Characters & Entities

• Manu (11th)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of a great dharmic figure is said to confer protection; devotion and memory are portrayed as spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the surrounding Māhātmya, though this verse mentions manvantara chronology.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice of smaraṇa (devotional remembrance), not a detailed ritual.