Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
कामः क्रोधो भयं लोभो मत्सरश्चाभ्यसूयता । तस्मिन्युगे सहस्राक्ष न भवंति कदाचन
Transliteration
kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ lobho matsaraścābhyasūyatā | tasminyuge sahasrākṣa na bhavaṃti kadācana
Translation
يا ذا الألف عين (إندرا)، في ذلك العصر لا تنشأ قطّ الشهوة ولا الغضب ولا الخوف ولا الطمع ولا الحسد ولا سوء النية.
Word by Word
कामःdesire
कामः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
क्रोधःanger
क्रोधः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative singular)
लोभःgreed
लोभः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
मत्सरःenvy
मत्सरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
अभ्यसूयताmalice, fault-finding
अभ्यसूयता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्यसूयता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular)
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/Time अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Pronoun; Locative singular)
युगेin the age
युगे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)
सहस्राक्षO thousand-eyed one (Indra)
सहस्राक्ष:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘सहस्राणि अक्षाणि यस्य’ (Masculine, Vocative singular; epithet)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
भवन्तिexist/occur
भवन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada)
कदाचनever
कदाचन:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचन (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ever/at any time)
Speaker
Brahmā
Characters & Entities
I
Indra (Sahasrākṣa)K
Kṛta-yugaA
Arishadvarga (inner vices)FAQs
The highest social order begins with inner purity—when the mind is free of the major vices, dharma becomes effortless and stable.
No tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the moral atmosphere of the Kṛta age.
No explicit rite; it implicitly points to mastery over inner enemies as the foundation of dharma.