Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

विष्णुना वारितो ब्रह्मा न ते वादस्तु युज्यते । तत्त्वं नाहं यदा नेदं ब्रह्मांडं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

viṣṇunā vārito brahmā na te vādastu yujyate | tattvaṃ nāhaṃ yadā nedaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

พระวิษณุทรงห้ามพระพรหมาแล้วตรัสว่า “วาทะนี้ไม่สมควรแก่ท่าน เพราะโดยสัจจะ เมื่อจักรวาลนี้—พรหมาณฑะพร้อมสรรพสิ่งทั้งเคลื่อนและไม่เคลื่อน—ยังมิได้มีอยู่ เราก็มิได้มี (ในฐานะตัวตนอันแยกต่าง)…”

Word by Word

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; तृतीया (3rd case)

• वारितः: restrained/prevented
• वारितः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारि (धातु: वार्/वृ?; causative sense) → वारित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case); कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तरि विशेषणम्

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case)

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th case) एकवचनम् (genitive)

• वादः: dispute/argument
• वादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• युज्यते: is proper/fits
• युज्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is proper/fits)

• तत्त्वम्: in truth / the truth
• तत्त्वम्: Vākya-viṣaya (Topic/वाक्यविषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case)

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (when)

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Object/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case)

• ब्रह्माण्डम्: the cosmic egg/universe
• ब्रह्माण्डम्: Karman/Viṣaya (Object/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (ब्रह्मणः अण्डम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case)

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving
• सचराचरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमासः (चर + अचर); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case); विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sārasvata (narrator); direct speech attributed to Viṣṇu (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (as upadeśa-sthala within narrative)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu stands between Brahmā and Rudra, one hand raised in pacifying gesture (abhaya/śamana), the other indicating the cosmic egg as a teaching symbol; Brahmā lowers his gaze; Rudra’s fury subsides into stillness; devas exhale in relief.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ego-based rivalry is unfitting; true wisdom recalls the pre-cosmic reality in which personal claims have no ground.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse supports the moral-theological frame of the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.