Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

अनर्हं ते तपो बाले भुंक्ष्व भोगान्यथेप्सितान् । त्रैलोक्यस्वामिनी भूत्वा मया सार्धमहर्निशम्

Transliteration

anarhaṃ te tapo bāle bhuṃkṣva bhogānyathepsitān | trailokyasvāminī bhūtvā mayā sārdhamaharniśam

Translation

اے کم سن لڑکی! تجھے ریاضت زیب نہیں دیتی؛ جو لذتیں تو چاہے انہیں بھوگ۔ تینوں لوکوں کی مالکہ بن کر میرے ساتھ دن رات رہ۔

Word by Word

• अनर्हम्: not fitting/unworthy
• अनर्हम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of तपः)

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karta (as topic) / Karma (with implied 'do')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बाले: O girl
• बाले: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy/eat
• भुङ्क्ष्व: Kriya (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (भुङ्क्ते)

• भोगान्: enjoyments/pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अथ: then/now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अनन्तरार्थे/प्रस्तावार्थे (then/now)

• ईप्सितान्: desired/wished-for
• ईप्सितान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of भोगान्)

• त्रैलोक्यस्वामिनी: mistress of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यस्वामिनी: Karta (of भूत्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + स्वामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: त्रैलोक्यस्य स्वामिनी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having become)

• मया: with me/by me
• मया: Sahakari/Karana (with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition): सहार्थे (together with)

• अहर्निशम्: day and night
• अहर्निशम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहन् + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: अहः + निशम् (द्वन्द्व, अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोगः); अव्यय (adverb): निरन्तरं (day and night)

Speaker

A lust-driven Dānava/Asura (the suitor in the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Arbudācala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful figure attempts to entice a young goddess/maiden with promises of pleasure and dominion over the three worlds; she remains composed, unmoved by the offer.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Temptations of power and pleasure test spiritual resolve; tapas is upheld as higher than dominion over the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda, portrayed as a seat of divine austerity and protection of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse contrasts tapas (austerity) with bhoga (sense-enjoyment).