Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

निर्द्वन्द्वो निर्भयो भूत्वा निराहारो ह्यहर्निशम् । सव्येन पाणिना सव्यं निर्मथ्योरुमहं पुनः

Transliteration

nirdvandvo nirbhayo bhūtvā nirāhāro hyaharniśam | savyena pāṇinā savyaṃ nirmathyorumahaṃ punaḥ

Translation

ครั้นปราศจากความลังเลและความหวาดกลัว ถือศีลอดทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน เขาจึงเริ่มอีกครั้ง ใช้มือซ้ายกวนคลึงและถูต้นขาซ้ายของตน

Word by Word

• निर्द्वन्द्वः: free from dualities
• निर्द्वन्द्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक) → निर्द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निर्भयः: fearless
• निर्भयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) → निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु) → भूत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having become)

• निराहारः: without food; fasting
• निराहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक) → निराहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अहर्निशम्: day and night
• अहर्निशम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहर् (प्रातिपदिक) + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; द्वन्द्व-समास (अहः + निशा) → ‘day and night’ (adverbially)

• सव्येन: with the left
• सव्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पाणिना: with (the) hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सव्यम्: the left (side/part)
• सव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निर्मथ्य: having churned/ground
• निर्मथ्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + √मथ् (धातु) → निर्मथ्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having churned/ground’

• ऊरुम्: the thigh
• ऊरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (describing Pippalāda’s sādhana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivāyatana (at Tuhinācala)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fasting day and night, fearless and unwavering, the protagonist rubs/churns his left thigh with his left hand in a severe rite, preparing to manifest a Kṛtyā.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is powerful, but its fruit depends on intention; austerity aimed at harm is portrayed as spiritually dangerous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action occurs within a sacred setting referenced earlier (Śiva’s precinct), embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fasting (nirāhāra) and continuous practice (aharniśam) are described as part of a Kṛtyā-sādhana (not a recommended rite).