Shloka 126 - Adhyaya 24 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

सारूप्यसालोक्यमयीं मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् । सायुज्यमुक्तये नायं योगः पाशुपतो यतः । स्मृत्याचारेण मुनिभिः स सद्भिस्तेन गर्हितः

Transliteration

sārūpyasālokyamayīṃ mayyāveśitacetasām | sāyujyamuktaye nāyaṃ yogaḥ pāśupato yataḥ | smṛtyācāreṇa munibhiḥ sa sadbhistena garhitaḥ

Translation

สำหรับผู้ที่จิตซึมซาบอยู่ในเรา หนทางนี้ให้ผลอย่างสารถูปยะและสาโลกยะ; แต่โยคะปาศุปตะมิใช่หนทางสู่โมกษะแบบสายุชยะ เพราะขัดกับจารีตที่สมฤติบัญญัติไว้ จึงถูกฤๅษีและสัตบุรุษติเตียน

Word by Word

सारूप्यसालोक्यमयीम्consisting of sārūpya and sālokya (forms of liberation)

मयिin me

आवेशितचेतसाम्of those whose minds are absorbed (fixed)

सायुज्यमुक्तयेfor liberation as union (sāyujya)

नnot

अयम्this

योगःyoga, discipline

पाशुपतःPāśupata

यतःbecause

स्मृत्याचारेणby (the standards of) smṛti and conduct

मुनिभिःby sages

सःthat (yoga)

सद्भिःby the good (people)

तेनtherefore/by that reason

गर्हितःcensured, condemned

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Umā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching scene: Śiva explains gradations of liberation—sārūpya and sālokya for absorbed minds—while noting that Pāśupata-yoga, being at odds with smṛti-conduct, is censured and not a means to sāyujya.

Characters & Entities

Sārūpya

Sālokya

Sāyujya

Pāśupata-yoga

Smṛti

Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not all spiritual disciplines culminate in the same liberation; orthodox conduct and inner absorption determine the highest result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where nuanced teachings on types of mukti and proper conduct are embedded within the kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An evaluative rule: practices should align with smṛti-ācāra; Pāśupata discipline is acknowledged but not presented as granting sāyujya.