Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सूची सूत्र तथा वस्त्रे समानयति सूचिका । तद्वत्संसारसूत्रस्य तृष्णा सूची विधीयते

Transliteration

sūcī sūtra tathā vastre samānayati sūcikā | tadvatsaṃsārasūtrasya tṛṣṇā sūcī vidhīyate

Translation

Gaya ng karayom na nagdurugtong sa sinulid at tela, gayon din ang pagnanasa ang itinakdang karayom na tumatahi sa sinulid ng pag-iral sa saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• sūcī: needle
• sūcī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūcī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sūtram: thread
• sūtram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थ/समानार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण (also/likewise)

• vastre: in the cloth
• vastre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samānayati: draws together/threads through
• samānayati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (धातु: नी)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• sūcikā: (a) needle
• sūcikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūcikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tadvat: in the same way
• tadvat: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानार्थ (in the same way)

• saṃsāra-sūtrasya: of the thread of worldly existence
• saṃsāra-sūtrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + sūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (saṃsārasya sūtram), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tṛṣṇā: craving/thirst
• tṛṣṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sūcī: (as) a needle
• sūcī: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūcī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vidhīyate: is said to be/ is ordained (as)
• vidhīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhā (धातु: धा)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Bharadvāja (continuing the teaching on tṛṣṇā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic needle labeled ‘tṛṣṇā’ pierces cloth labeled ‘saṃsāra’, pulling a thread labeled ‘karma’; a sage points to the needle as the true cause of binding, with Prabhāsa’s temple and sea as backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• Saṃsāra
• Tṛṣṇā
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Craving is the mechanism that binds and ‘stitches’ beings into repeated worldly entanglement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; pilgrimage is presented as incomplete without cutting the ‘needle’ of craving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the verse offers a meditative image to support renunciation.