Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

गृहं कृत्वा तु सद्ग्रंथाः सहसैव त्यजंति ये । कुटिका साधकास्ते वै शिवाराधनतत्पराः

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ kṛtvā tu sadgraṃthāḥ sahasaiva tyajaṃti ye | kuṭikā sādhakāste vai śivārādhanatatparāḥ

Translation

جو لوگ نیک گرنتھوں کے جاننے والے اور اہل ہونے کے باوجود ایک گھر بناتے ہیں، پھر یکایک اسے ترک کر دیتے ہیں—وہ ‘کُٹِکا’ سادھک کہلاتے ہیں، جو شیو کی آرادھنا میں یکسو رہتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• गृहम्: a house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• सद्ग्रन्थाः: good books/scriptures
• सद्ग्रन्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रन्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सन्तः ग्रन्थाः)

• सहसा: suddenly/quickly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• त्यजन्ति: they abandon
• त्यजन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• कुटिकाः: hut-dwellers (those of huts)
• कुटिकाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/उपपद-प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• साधकाः: practitioners
• साधकाः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/confirmatory particle)

• शिवाराधनतत्पराः: devoted to the worship of Śiva
• शिवाराधनतत्पराः: Visheshana (Adjective of ते/साधकाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + आराधन (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य आराधनम्) + तत्परः (तस्मिन् परः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned ascetic, with manuscripts and tools indicating competence, steps away from a newly built hut, leaving it behind; he walks toward a Śiva-liṅga shrine with flowers and bilva leaves in hand, eyes fixed in devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• sādhaka
• kuṭikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Detachment from possessions—even one’s own dwelling—is upheld as supportive of single-minded Śiva-bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as a field that nurtures Śaiva worship and disciplined living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-ārādhana (worship/propitiation of Śiva) is emphasized as the sādhaka’s central observance.