Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

अत्रस्थः साधयिष्यामि तां कृत्यां चिंतयन्हृदि । कृत्यां वा साधयिष्यामि यास्ये वा यमसादनम्

Transliteration

atrasthaḥ sādhayiṣyāmi tāṃ kṛtyāṃ ciṃtayanhṛdi | kṛtyāṃ vā sādhayiṣyāmi yāsye vā yamasādanam

Translation

เขาคิดในดวงใจว่า “อยู่ ณ ที่นี้ เราจักบำเพ็ญให้กฤตยานั้นสำเร็จ; ไม่เช่นนั้นก็จักทำให้กฤตยาสำเร็จให้ได้ หรือไม่ก็จักไปสู่สำนักพระยม (ความตาย)”

Word by Word

• अत्रस्थः: standing here; being here
• अत्रस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (√स्था धातु) → अत्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास (अत्र + स्थ)

• साधयिष्यामि: I will accomplish/perform
• साधयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √साध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कृत्याम्: a magical rite/witchcraft (kṛtyā)
• कृत्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चिन्तयन्: thinking/pondering
• चिन्तयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु) → चिन्तयत् (कृदन्त-शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (concomitant action)

• हृदि: in (my) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृत्याम्: the kṛtyā (rite)
• कृत्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• साधयिष्यामि: I will accomplish
• साधयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √साध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यास्ये: I will go
• यास्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (यास्ये)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• यमसादनम्: the abode of Yama
• यमसादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + सादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य सादनम्)

Speaker

Pippalāda (as quoted/reported by the narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivāyatana (at Tuhinācala)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The protagonist, near a Śiva-linga, clenches his resolve inwardly: he will accomplish the Kṛtyā or die; the shrine feels still while his mind burns.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Kṛtyā
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded determination becomes perilous when aimed at harm; Purāṇas warn that such fixation courts death or downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the sacral setting (a holy precinct), nested in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Kṛtyā-sādhana is mentioned descriptively as a hostile practice, not as a recommended dhārmic rite.