Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ताऽपि सा तेन नोत्तरं प्रत्यभाषत । ततः कामसमाविष्टस्तदंतिकमुपाययौ

Transliteration

evamuktā'pi sā tena nottaraṃ pratyabhāṣata | tataḥ kāmasamāviṣṭastadaṃtikamupāyayau

Translation

ومع أنّه خاطبها بهذا، لم تُجِبْه بكلمة. ثمّ إذ استولى عليه الهوى، دنا منها واقترب.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): प्रकारार्थे (thus)

• उक्ता: (she) having been addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (of implied state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (having been spoken to)

• अपि: even/though
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अपि = even/also

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana/Agent (by him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• उत्तरम्: an answer
• उत्तरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रत्यभाषत: replied
• प्रत्यभाषत: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ततो = then/thereupon

• कामसमाविष्टः: possessed by desire
• कामसमाविष्टः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम + समा-विश् (धातु)
• Form: समासः: कामेन समाविष्टः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष); क्त (PPP) from समा-विश्, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदन्तिकम्: near her/near that (place)
• तदन्तिकम्: Karma (Goal/place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: तस्य अन्तिकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उपाययौ: went/approached
• उपाययौ: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa → Arbuda-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden/Devi remains silent, eyes lowered or steady; the desire-struck aggressor steps closer, posture tightening, attendants in the background sensing escalation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Kāma (desire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Silence is not consent; dharma condemns escalating advances driven by kāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda, the sanctified setting where adharma is exposed and checked.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates a moral turning point as desire overrides restraint.