Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

न बिभेति नरो यस्तु तस्याग्रे संभवाम्यहम् । हंतकारो गवां यस्तु नैवेद्यं मम वल्लभम्

Transliteration

na bibheti naro yastu tasyāgre saṃbhavāmyaham | haṃtakāro gavāṃ yastu naivedyaṃ mama vallabham

Translation

บุรุษผู้ไม่หวาดกลัว เราปรากฏต่อหน้าเขา แต่ผู้ใดเป็นผู้ฆ่าโค นิเวทยะ (เครื่องบูชาอาหาร) ของเขาไม่เป็นที่รักของเรา

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• bibheti: fears
• bibheti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person, Singular); परस्मैपद

• naraḥ: man; person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• agre: in front; before
• agre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• saṃbhavāmi: I appear; I arise
• saṃbhavāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (1st person, Singular); परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Nominative, Singular)

• haṃtakāraḥ: one who utters 'haṃta'; exclaimer
• haṃtakāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃta (अव्यय/निपात) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (haṃta-śabda-kāraḥ)

• gavām: of cows
• gavām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Plural)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• naivedyam: food offering
• naivedyam: Karta (Subject/विधेय-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• vallabham: beloved; pleasing
• vallabham: Visheshya-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Nom./Acc., Singular); पाठे 'naivedyaṃ ... vallabham' इति नपुंसक-विशेषणवत्

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s epiphany before a fearless devotee: the devotee stands steady, eyes calm; behind him a protected cow and calf. In contrast, a shadowy figure representing go-hatyā is shown turned away from the altar, with naivedya left untouched.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Gauḥ (cow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fearlessness rooted in dharma is honored, while violence such as cow-killing obstructs the fruit of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse is situated in the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Naivedya is not spiritually pleasing when offered by one guilty of grave violence like killing cows.