Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

पितामहोयमित्युक्तं यदा सख्या तदा तया । नमस्कृत्य गतं दूरे कृत्वा मौनं न पश्यति

Transliteration

pitāmahoyamityuktaṃ yadā sakhyā tadā tayā | namaskṛtya gataṃ dūre kṛtvā maunaṃ na paśyati

Translation

เมื่อสหายกล่าวว่า “นี่คือปิตามหะ (พระพรหม)” นางจึงนอบน้อมคำนับ แล้วเมื่อพระองค์เสด็จไปไกล นางรักษาความสงัดเงียบ มิได้หันกลับไปมอง

Word by Word

• पितामहः: grandfather
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अयम्: this (he)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्तम्: said/uttered
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘said/uttered’

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सख्या: by the (female) friend
• सख्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (correlative temporal adverb)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• गतम्: gone
• गतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्राय/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial locative usage)

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• मौनम्: silence
• मौनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A companion identifies Brahmā as Pitāmaha; Vijayā bows. Brahmā departs; she maintains silence and does not look back, embodying reverent restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to the divine is shown through salutations and restraint; silence and non-indulgent looking symbolize disciplined conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where the narrative models proper demeanor in a sacred realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauna (vow of silence) is implied as a discipline, though not framed as a formal vrata here.