Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

तीर्थे चैव मृता ये तु शिवनिन्दापरायणाः । तिर्यग्योनिप्रसूताश्च दृश्यन्ते सर्वयोनिषु

Transliteration

tīrthe caiva mṛtā ye tu śivanindāparāyaṇāḥ | tiryagyoniprasūtāśca dṛśyante sarvayoniṣu

Translation

لیکن جو لوگ تیرتھ پر مر جائیں اور شِو کی نِندا ہی میں لگے رہیں، وہ حیوانی یونیوں میں پیدا ہوتے دکھائی دیتے ہیں—بہت سی ادنیٰ پیدائشوں میں ظاہر ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; English: neuter locative singular

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/emphasis)

• मृताः: dead; having died
• मृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘मृत’—English: masc nom pl ‘dead’

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun); English: masc nom pl ‘who’

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• शिव-निन्दा-परायणाः: devoted to reviling Śiva
• शिव-निन्दा-परायणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘शिवस्य निन्दा’ तस्यां परायणाः); English: masc nom pl

• तिर्यक्-योनि-प्रसूताः: born in animal wombs
• तिर्यक्-योनि-प्रसूताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसूत (कृदन्त; प्र + सू धातु → क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; ‘प्रसूत’ भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); English: masc nom pl ‘born in animal wombs’

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

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; English: present, 3rd pl, passive/reflexive sense ‘are seen’

• सर्व-योनिषु: in all wombs/births
• सर्व-योनिषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘सर्वासु योनिषु’); English: feminine locative plural

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: pilgrims at a river/sea-ghāṭa; one group offers flowers to Śiva, while a darker group mocks; after death, the mockers are shown in successive animal forms across a banded narrative panel.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit only with reverence; blasphemy toward Śiva becomes a cause of degrading rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, centered on Prabhāsa as a supremely potent tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it warns against Śiva-nindā while being in a tīrtha.