Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । कथं ते जायते मोक्षो वद शीघ्रमशेषतः । करिष्ये नात्र संदेहो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | kathaṃ te jāyate mokṣo vada śīghramaśeṣataḥ | kariṣye nātra saṃdeho yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

گوتَم نے کہا: “بتا، تجھے موکش کیسے ملے گا؟ جلدی اور پوری طرح بیان کر۔ میں یہ کر دکھاؤں گا—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں، اگرچہ وہ نہایت دشوار ہی کیوں نہ ہو۔”

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular) — enclitic form

• जायते: arises / is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• अशेषतः: completely; without remainder
• अशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• करिष्ये: I will do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यद्यपि: even if
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (concessive: 'even if')

• स्यात्: may be / should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुदुर्लभम्: very difficult to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Paryuṣita

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama, firm and compassionate, addresses the distressed departed: he promises to accomplish whatever is required for liberation, even if extremely hard; posture upright, hand raised in vow.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Paryuṣita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic person responds to suffering with decisive compassion, seeking the correct means to uplift the departed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the setting; the precise tīrtha (Haripriya) is introduced in the next verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A commitment to perform the required rites once the proper method is known—foreshadowing tīrtha-śrāddha.