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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

भये राजकुले युद्धे व्याधौ स्त्रीसंगमे वने । अशक्तौ वाऽथ संन्यासे मरणे भूमिसंस्थिताः । स्मरंति मातरं मूर्खाः पितरं च नराधमाः

Transliteration

bhaye rājakule yuddhe vyādhau strīsaṃgame vane | aśaktau vā'tha saṃnyāse maraṇe bhūmisaṃsthitāḥ | smaraṃti mātaraṃ mūrkhāḥ pitaraṃ ca narādhamāḥ

Translation

ยามหวาดกลัว ในราชสำนัก ในสงคราม ในโรคภัย ในหมู่สตรี ในป่า; ยามอ่อนแรงหรือแม้ในเพศสันยาสี; และยามมรณะล้มลงกับพื้น—คนเขลาระลึกถึงมารดา ส่วนคนต่ำช้าระลึกถึงบิดา

Word by Word
भयेin fear
भये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
राजकुलेin the royal court/family
राजकुले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootराज (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘राज्ञः कुलम्’
युद्धेin battle
युद्धे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
व्याधौin illness
व्याधौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
स्त्रीसंगमेin union with a woman
स्त्रीसंगमे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘स्त्रियाः संगमः’
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
अशक्तौin helplessness
अशक्तौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प (disjunctive particle)
अथthen, and
अथ:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तर/समुच्चय (particle: then/and)
संन्यासेin renunciation
संन्यासे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसंन्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
मरणेat death
मरणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
भूमिसंस्थिताःlying on the ground
भूमिसंस्थिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्+स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष ‘भूमौ संस्थिताः’ = lying on the ground; head: संस्थित (क्त)
स्मरन्तिthey remember
स्मरन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
मूर्खाःfools
मूर्खाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
नराधमाःthe lowest of men
नराधमाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘अधमाः नराः’
Speaker

Guru (continuing admonition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Disciple (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic montage: court, battlefield, sickbed, forest, lovers’ chamber, ascetic’s hut, and a death scene—each showing a person calling ‘mother’ or ‘father’, highlighting human dependence.

Characters & Entities
M
Mother
F
Father

FAQs

In extreme situations people cling to worldly relations; the implied higher path is to remember the divine (Hari) rather than be ruled by attachment.

The verse belongs to Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where such teachings support the kṣetra’s role as a place fostering right remembrance.

No explicit ritual is named; the implied practice is smaraṇa (remembrance), elevated toward Hari.

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