Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सिंहस्थे च गुरौ भद्रे संप्राप्ता सौभगं महत् । किन्तु दुर्जनसंसर्गाद्दग्धा पापाग्निना भृशम्

Transliteration

siṃhasthe ca gurau bhadre saṃprāptā saubhagaṃ mahat | kintu durjanasaṃsargāddagdhā pāpāgninā bhṛśam

Translation

جب گرو سیِںہ (اسد) میں تھا، اے نیک بانو، اسے بڑی سعادت نصیب ہوئی؛ مگر بدکاروں کی صحبت سے وہ گناہ کی آگ میں سخت جل گئی۔

Word by Word

• siṃhasthe: in (the) Siṃha-stha (Leo position/occasion)
• siṃhasthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘सिंहे स्थे’ = सिंहस्थे (सिंहराशौ/सिंहस्थाने)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• gurau: when Jupiter (Guru) is (there); in Guru
• gurau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन

• saṃprāptā: having attained; obtained
• saṃprāptā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘प्राप्ता’

• saubhagam: good fortune
• saubhagam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kintu: but however
• kintu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kintu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative particle)

• durjana-saṃsargāt: from association with wicked people
• durjana-saṃsargāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durjana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘दुर्जनानां संसर्गः’

• dagdhā: burnt, scorched
• dagdhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘burnt’

• pāpa-agninā: by the fire of sin
• pāpa-agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः) ‘पापः अग्निः’

• bhṛśam: excessively, greatly
• bhṛśam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siṃhastha (Kumbha context) / Gautamī implied

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river-goddess figure (Gautamī implied) once radiant under an auspicious zodiacal sky with Jupiter in Leo, later shown scorched/dimmed by smoky ‘pāpa-fire’ arising from shadowy wicked companions—an allegory of moral contagion.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Guru (Bṛhaspati/Jupiter)
• Siṃha (Leo)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly and spiritual fortune is protected by good company (sat-saṅga); association with the wicked destroys merit like a consuming fire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is moral/illustrative; within the broader passage it supports the sanctity-centered narrative around Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the instruction is ethical—avoid durjana-saṃsarga (harmful company).