Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

त्वया विमोहितात्मानो भ्राम्यन्त्यजभवादयः । सा कथं क्षुभ्यसि त्वं तु किं स्वधाम न बुध्यसे

Transliteration

tvayā vimohitātmāno bhrāmyantyajabhavādayaḥ | sā kathaṃ kṣubhyasi tvaṃ tu kiṃ svadhāma na budhyase

Translation

“Chính bởi nàng mà ngay cả Brahmā và các bậc vĩ đại khác cũng bị mê hoặc và lang thang. Vậy sao chính nàng lại có thể xao động? Nàng chẳng nhận ra tự tánh, nơi chốn chân thật của mình sao?”

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vimohita-ātmānaḥ: whose selves are deluded
• vimohita-ātmānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimohita (√muh धातु, कृदन्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः (vimohitaḥ ātmā yaiḥ te)

• bhrāmyanti: wander/are confused
• bhrāmyanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (भ्रम् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• aja-bhava-ādayaḥ: Brahmā, Śiva, and others
• aja-bhava-ādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ajaś ca bhavaś ca—ādiḥ yeṣām = beginning with Brahmā and Śiva)

• sā: you (she)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• katham: how?
• katham: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय

• kṣubhyasi: are agitated
• kṣubhyasi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣubh (क्षुभ् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• sva-dhāma: your own nature/abode
• sva-dhāma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (svam dhāma = own abode/nature)

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

• budhyase: do you understand/realize
• budhyase: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √budh (बुध् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Govinda (Śrī Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Śakti-figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa points beyond the immediate drama to a cosmic vista: Brahmā and other beings wandering in delusion; then turns back, urging Devī to remember her own abode/nature.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Ajabhava)
• Māyā/Śakti
• Govinda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse stresses that the divine power that deludes the cosmos is itself beyond delusion; spiritual stability comes from knowing one’s svadhāma (true nature).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the setting of the Māhātmya; the teaching is embedded in Dvārakā’s sacred narrative within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it is a theological clarification rather than a vrata or tīrtha-ritual instruction.