Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

प्रभूतं पतितं तोये प्रमादात्तस्य भूपतेः । न लब्धं तेन भूपाल अन्वेषणपरेण च

Transliteration

prabhūtaṃ patitaṃ toye pramādāttasya bhūpateḥ | na labdhaṃ tena bhūpāla anveṣaṇapareṇa ca

Translation

因国王一时疏忽，大量黄金坠入水中。尽管他竭力搜寻，噢统治者，终究未能将其寻回。

Word by Word

• prabhūtam: abundant, much
• prabhūtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; Adjective)

• patitam: fallen
• patitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pat (पत् धातु) + kta (क्त) → patita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Past passive participle; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• toye: in water
• toye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• pramādāt: due to negligence
• pramādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive, Singular; Pronoun)

• bhūpateḥ: of the king
• bhūpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• labdham: found, obtained
• labdham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु) + kta (क्त) → labdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (predicate) (Past passive participle; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• tena: by him
• tena: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Instrumental, Singular; Pronoun)

• bhūpāla: O king
• bhūpāla: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• anveṣaṇa-pareṇa: by (one) devoted to searching
• anveṣaṇa-pareṇa: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anveṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: anveṣaṇasya paraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; 'devoted to searching')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakhala

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpati/Bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the ghat, a bundle of gold slips and splashes into the water; the king and attendants lean forward in alarm; divers/searchers scan the river; the current carries it away.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Sumati
• Kanakhala Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Carelessness can disrupt even virtuous intentions; yet the tīrtha narrative hints that dharma is not ultimately wasted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakhala tīrtha, where the incident of the lost gold occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse highlights the circumstance that precedes a later revelation about merit.