Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173

Devanagari script

ततो गंधर्व्वतनया भग्नोत्साहा नतानना । परित्यज्य वनं रम्यमागता पितुरंतिके

Transliteration

tato gaṃdharvvatanayā bhagnotsāhā natānanā | parityajya vanaṃ ramyamāgatā pituraṃtike

Translation

แล้วธิดาแห่งคันธรรพ์—สิ้นกำลังใจ ใบหน้าก้มต่ำ—ละทิ้งพนารมย์อันรื่นรมย์ แล้วไปยังสำนักบิดา

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• गन्धर्वतनया: daughter of a Gandharva
• गन्धर्वतनया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गन्धर्वस्य तनया), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भग्नोत्साहा: with broken spirit; discouraged
• भग्नोत्साहा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न + उत्साह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (भग्नः उत्साहः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नतानना: with downcast face
• नतानना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नत + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (नतम् आननम् यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परित्यज्य: having left
• परित्यज्य: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having abandoned’

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रम्यम्: beautiful; delightful
• रम्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (वनम् इति)

• आगता: came
• आगता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘came/has come’

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्तिके: near; in the presence
• अन्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘near’ (locative of proximity)

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful Gandharva maiden with downcast face exits a lush forest path, leaving flowering trees behind, moving toward a palace/abode where her father awaits.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva’s daughter
• Father (Gandharva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When afflicted and humbled, one seeks refuge and counsel—setting the stage for repentance and dharmic remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly named in this verse; it continues the story situated within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates her return to her father.