Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततो दुःखतरं किं स्याद्यत्पापैः सह संगमः

Transliteration

tato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ syādyatpāpaiḥ saha saṃgamaḥ

Translation

“پھر گناہ گاروں کی صحبت سے بڑھ کر کون سا دکھ ہو سکتا ہے؟”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter; from that
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = अपादानार्थ/हेतुवाचक (from that/thereafter)

• duḥkhataraṃ: more painful
• duḥkhataraṃ: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + तर (तद्धित; comparative)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• syāt: could be / would be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yat: that (namely/that which)
• yat: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yat (यद्-प्रातिपदिक; relative pronoun)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय; यत् = यत् कारणे/यदर्थे (introducing reason/that which)

• pāpaiḥ: with sinners/with sins (lit. with the sinful ones)
• pāpaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• saha: with
• saha: Sambandha (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सह = सहार्थक उपपद (with)

• saṃgamaḥ: association, contact
• saṃgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक; saṃ-√gam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sarasvatī (continuation from Śloka 24)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative close-up of Sarasvatī’s face as she utters an aphoristic lament: nothing is more painful than meeting/associating with the sinful; the background fades into symbolic shadows of bad company contrasted with a small circle of luminous satsaṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Company shapes destiny; avoiding pāpa-saṅga and seeking satsanga is essential, especially in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra serves as the sacred setting, implying that tīrtha-space supports purity against corrupting influences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it is an ethical injunction about association (saṅga).