Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 186

Devanagari script

स कथं तु मया तातः पापान्मुक्तो भविष्यति । एवं संचिंत्य स ततो नारदं पर्यपृच्छत

Transliteration

sa kathaṃ tu mayā tātaḥ pāpānmukto bhaviṣyati | evaṃ saṃciṃtya sa tato nāradaṃ paryapṛcchata

Translation

“แต่บิดาของเราจะพ้นบาปได้อย่างไรด้วยเรา?” ครั้นคิดดังนี้แล้ว เขาจึงทูลถามพระนารท

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तातः: father
• तातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative); एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected
• संचिन्त्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+चिन्त् (धातु) → संचिन्त्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पर्यपृच्छत: asked (him)
• पर्यपृच्छत: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, now steady, approaches Nārada with folded hands, asking earnestly how he may free his father from sins; Nārada listens with compassionate gravity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• pitṛ (father)
• pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When faced with complex dharma (like pitṛ-liberation), one should seek instruction from a realized sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the consultation that leads to tīrtha guidance; the setting remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it prepares for Nārada’s forthcoming prescription of tīrtha-yātrā.