Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सर्वास्तासां सदा सांबे भावो देव समाश्रितः । रूपेणाप्रतिमः सांबो लोकेऽस्मिन्सचराचरे

Transliteration

sarvāstāsāṃ sadā sāṃbe bhāvo deva samāśritaḥ | rūpeṇāpratimaḥ sāṃbo loke'sminsacarācare

Translation

Bạch Chúa tể, tất cả họ đều luôn hướng tình cảm về Sāmba. Về dung sắc, Sāmba vô song trong thế giới này—giữa muôn loài động và bất động.

Word by Word

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• tāsām: of those (women)
• tāsām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• sāṃbe: in/with Sāmba
• sāṃbe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhāvaḥ: feeling; devotion; disposition
• bhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• samāśritaḥ: resorted to; taken refuge in
• samāśritaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भāvaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• rūpeṇa: by form; in appearance
• rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• apratimaḥ: incomparable
• apratimaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-pratima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘sāṃbaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• sāṃbaḥ: Sāmba
• sāṃbaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sacara-acare: with the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• sacara-acare: Adhikaraṇa (Qualifier of location/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-cara + a-cara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘loke asmin’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, exceptionally handsome Sāmba stands adorned, drawing the gaze of many virtuous women; their expressions show admiration and attachment, while the atmosphere hints at moral peril beneath the beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sāmba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly attraction—especially to beauty—can dominate the mind; dharma requires discernment beyond mere form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification is of Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse itself is character-narrative within that sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes a social and psychological condition (attachment).