Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
एकं यदि भवेत्तीर्थं मनो निःसंशयं भवेत् । बहुत्वे सति तीर्थानां मनो विचलते नृणाम्
Transliteration
ekaṃ yadi bhavettīrthaṃ mano niḥsaṃśayaṃ bhavet | bahutve sati tīrthānāṃ mano vicalate nṛṇām
Translation
หากมีทีรถะเพียงแห่งเดียว ใจก็ย่อมแน่วแน่ปราศจากความลังเล; แต่เมื่อทีรถะมีมาก ใจของมนุษย์ย่อมหวั่นไหวไม่มั่นคง
Word by Word
एकम्one
एकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीर्थम्)
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)
भवेत्would be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तीर्थम्a sacred place
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
मनःthe mind
मनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
निःसंशयम्undoubtedly
निःसंशयम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिः + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) = without doubt
भवेत्would become/be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
बहुत्वेin multiplicity/when many
बहुत्वे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबहुत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
सतिwhen there is/being
सति:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present participle), सप्तमी-एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute) = ‘when/while being’
तीर्थानाम्of tīrthas
तीर्थानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन
मनःthe mind
मनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विचलतेwavers/is unsteady
विचलते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + चल् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
नृणाम्of men/people
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन
Speaker
Pārvatī (Devī) (deduced)
Characters & Entities
T
tīrthaN
nṛFAQs
Devotion becomes firm when the goal is clear; spiritual life benefits from focused faith rather than restless comparison.
Implicitly Prabhāsa—requested as the single supreme tīrtha to remove doubt.
None; the verse addresses mental steadiness (niścaya) in pilgrimage choice.