Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

सा तं मनोभवाक्रान्तं मत्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा । आह नास्ति मम त्राता त्वामेव शरणं गता

Transliteration

sā taṃ manobhavākrāntaṃ matvā divyena cakṣuṣā | āha nāsti mama trātā tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatā

Translation

Sa banal na paningin, nakita niyang siya’y dinaig ng pagnanasa; kaya sinabi niya: “Wala akong tagapagtanggol; sa iyo lamang ako kumakalinga.”

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• manobhava-ākrāntam: overcome by Kāma
• manobhava-ākrāntam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण) of tam
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manobhava (प्रातिपदिक) + ākrānta (kṛdanta from ā-kram)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental/agentive sense): ‘by Manobhava (Kāma) overcome’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle)

• matvā: having understood
• matvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: man (मन् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having considered/knowing’

• divyena: with divine
• divyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• cakṣuṣā: eye; sight
• cakṣuṣā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (चक्षुस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• āha: said
• āha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āhā (आह् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mama: my
• mama: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• trātā: protector
• trātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trā (त्रा धातु) → trātṛ (नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eva: alone; indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle): ‘indeed/only’

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (object of motion)

• gatā: have gone; have taken (refuge)
• gatā: Kriyā (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past active participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having gone (become)’

Speaker

Sarasvatī (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī, with divine sight, perceives the mountain-deity seized by desire; she speaks words of surrender—‘I have no protector; I take refuge in you alone’—a poignant moment of vulnerability and bhakti within the sacred coastal setting.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī (Devī)
• Personified Mountain (implied)
• Manobhava (Kāma) (as the force of desire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In moments of peril, the Purāṇic ethic elevates śaraṇāgati—seeking refuge—as a decisive spiritual act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sits within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, tying refuge and protection themes to the sanctity of place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the act is devotional and ethical—taking refuge (śaraṇa-gamana).