Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

पर्वतोऽयं ममाभीष्टो न च त्यक्तुं मनो दधे । तथापि संपरित्यक्तो युष्माकं हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

parvato'yaṃ mamābhīṣṭo na ca tyaktuṃ mano dadhe | tathāpi saṃparityakto yuṣmākaṃ hitakāmyayā

Translation

此山为我所钟爱，我心本不愿舍离；然而为求你们的福祉，我仍将其彻底舍弃。

Word by Word

• पर्वतः: mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अभीष्टः: desired, dear
• अभीष्टः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतः इति)

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

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

• त्यक्तुम्: to abandon
• त्यक्तुम्: Karma (Object of intention/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक; ‘to abandon’

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दधे: placed/held (resolved)
• दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (दधे)

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावार्थे (concessive: ‘even so’)

• संपरित्यक्तः: (was) completely abandoned
• संपरित्यक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having been completely abandoned’

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• हितकाम्यया: out of desire for (your) welfare
• हितकाम्यया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हितकाम्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/साधनार्थे; समासः—हितस्य काम्या (हित + काम्या)

Speaker

Devī (the Goddess associated with the Pādukās)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity gazes upon the beloved mountain with reluctance, then turns away in compassionate resolve for devotees’ welfare; the mountain and cave remain luminous behind.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Arbuda (Mount Abu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion prioritizes devotees’ welfare, teaching tyāga (renunciation) as a higher dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Arbuda, presented as a beloved divine abode whose sanctity remains even amid divine departure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it provides the devotional rationale for the site’s continuing sanctity.