Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

गतो न पश्यते युद्धं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । तावत्तस्योदरे पीडा महती समजायत

Transliteration

gato na paśyate yuddhaṃ trailokye sacarācare | tāvattasyodare pīḍā mahatī samajāyata

Translation

แม้เขาจะเที่ยวไปทั่วไตรโลก ทั้งหมู่สัตว์และสิ่งไร้ชีวิต ก็ไม่เห็นสงครามที่ใดเลย แต่ในกาลนั้นเอง ความปวดรุนแรงก็เกิดขึ้นในท้องของเขา

Word by Word

• गतः: having gone
• गतः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (नारदः)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• पश्यते: sees
• पश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रैलोक्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम्; समासः द्विगु (त्रयः लोकाः)

• सचराचरे: with moving and unmoving beings
• सचराचरे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक; सह + चर + अचर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'त्रैलोक्ये' इति विशेषणम्; समासः उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (चरैः अचरैः सह)

• तावत्: then/so long
• तावत्: Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-परिमाण-अव्यय (so long/then)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• उदरे: in (his) belly
• उदरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• पीडा: pain
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महतী: great
• महतী: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'पीडा' इति विशेषणम्

• समजायत: arose, came to be
• समजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः सम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta in frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (implied remedial destination in the māhātmya arc)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada traversing worlds, seeing no battle anywhere; then pausing, clutching his abdomen in sudden pain—cosmic calm contrasted with personal affliction, hinting at hidden causality.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even if the world is outwardly peaceful, unresolved inner drives can manifest as suffering—prompting a search for deeper dharma and meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame of Prabhāsa, preparing for teachings tied to sacred place and conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it introduces Nārada’s affliction as a narrative catalyst.