Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

महदाश्चर्यजनके संप्राप्तो गिरिमूर्द्धनि । न विचारस्त्वयाकार्यः कर्त्तव्यं ब्रह्मभाषितम्

Transliteration

mahadāścaryajanake saṃprāpto girimūrddhani | na vicārastvayākāryaḥ karttavyaṃ brahmabhāṣitam

Translation

“اس عظیم حیرت انگیز گھڑی میں، پہاڑ کی چوٹی پر پہنچ کر تمہیں تردد نہیں کرنا چاہیے؛ جو برہما نے کہا ہے وہی انجام دینا ہے۔”

Word by Word

• mahat: great
• mahat: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• āścarya-janake: in the wonder-causing (place/occasion)
• āścarya-janake: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक) + janaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (āścaryasya janakaḥ)

• saṃprāptaḥ: having arrived
• saṃprāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग-सम्भव

• giri-mūrdhani: on the mountain-top
• giri-mūrdhani: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gireḥ mūrdhan)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• vicāraḥ: deliberation
• vicāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया? (correction) तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• akāryaḥ: not to be done / unnecessary
• akāryaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; निषेध-उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण

• kartavyam: must be done
• kartavyam: Karya (Obligation/कार्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kartavya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-रूपे

• brahma-bhāṣitam: spoken by Brahmā
• brahma-bhāṣitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (brahmaṇā bhāṣitam / brahma-bhāṣitam)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (deduced: advisory voice in the Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Śiva sequence; not explicitly marked here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meru-śṛṅga (cosmic summit)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a mountain summit amid a wonder-producing event, a divine advisor/voice urges immediate execution of Brahmā’s spoken command—no deliberation.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Mountain summit (giri-mūrdhan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharmic duty is clear, hesitation is discouraged; decisive action sustains cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate location is a ‘mountain summit’ within the narrative; the overarching glorification remains Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction about resolve and duty.