Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

योगेनात्मप्रबोधस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । त्वया संसारवैराग्यं कर्त्तव्यं विप्रपूजनम्

Transliteration

yogenātmaprabodhasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | tvayā saṃsāravairāgyaṃ karttavyaṃ viprapūjanam

Translation

ด้วยโยคะ พวกเขายังไม่อาจบรรลุแม้เพียงหนึ่งในสิบหกส่วนแห่งการตื่นรู้แท้ของอาตมัน ดังนั้นท่านพึงบ่มเพาะไวรากยะต่อสังสาระ และกระทำการบูชาและยกย่องพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आत्मप्रबोधस्य: of self-awakening
• आत्मप्रबोधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + प्रबोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आत्मनः प्रबोधः)

• कलाम्: a fraction/part
• कलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• अर्हन्ति: are worthy / suffice
• अर्हन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• षोडशीम्: sixteenth
• षोडशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशिन्/षोडशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘षोडशभागसम्बद्धाम्’ (sixteenth)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संसारवैराग्यम्: dispassion toward worldly existence
• संसारवैराग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य वैराग्यम्)

• कर्त्तव्यम्: must be done
• कर्त्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय—‘to be done/should be done’

• विप्रपूजनम्: worship/honouring of Brahmins
• विप्रपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विप्रस्य पूजनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic instruction within the narrative of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king lays down ornaments at the feet of a Vedic brāhmaṇa teacher; behind them a yogin sits in posture, shown smaller—signifying ‘technique alone is partial’; a faint inner light at the heart indicates ātma-prabodha arising from vairāgya and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Yoga
• Ātman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lasting self-awakening requires genuine detachment from saṃsāra and reverence for dharma-bearers, not merely formal practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it continues the dharma-teaching within Prabhāsa’s Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vipra-pūjana—honoring brāhmaṇas—is prescribed, alongside cultivating vairāgya.