Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

भविष्यसि विजिह्वस्त्वं शप्त्वा तं दर्दुरं नृपः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyasi vijihvastvaṃ śaptvā taṃ darduraṃ nṛpaḥ

Translation

«ستصير بلا لسان (أو مشوَّه اللسان)!»—هكذا تكلّم الملك (أغني) بعدما لعن ذلك الضفدع.

Word by Word

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — you will become

• विजिह्वः: tongueless (deprived of tongue)
• विजिह्वः: Karmadharaya/Predicate (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + जिह्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन — predicate adjective

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• शप्त्वा: having cursed
• शप्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव — having cursed

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• दर्दुरम्: frog
• दर्दुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्दुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Agni (Havyavāhana), as reported in the narrative by Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fiery kingly Agni, radiant and anthropomorphic, pronounces a curse upon a frog; the frog recoils, tongue implied as afflicted; watery setting hints at a refuge in waters nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Frog (Dardura)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic narrative warns against wrathful reactivity; curses symbolize karmic consequences that impair speech and agency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda mountain water-region remains the contextual sacred setting, where Agni’s hidden presence causes extraordinary effects.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual action is prescribed in this verse.