Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ततस्तु दारुणं कर्म यच्च ताभिरनुष्ठितम् । पितामहस्य तत्सर्वं समाचख्युर्यथातथम्

Transliteration

tatastu dāruṇaṃ karma yacca tābhiranuṣṭhitam | pitāmahasya tatsarvaṃ samācakhyuryathātatham

Translation

ثم أخبروا بيتامها، على وجه الدقة كما وقع، بكل ما قاموا به من فعلٍ شديدٍ نفّذوه هم أنفسهم.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तस्मात्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक (thereupon/then)

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)

• dāruṇam: dreadful
• dāruṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of karma)

• karma: act
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• tābhiḥ: by them
• tābhiḥ: Kartr̥/Agent (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• anuṣṭhitam: performed, carried out
• anuṣṭhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu + sthā (धातु √स्था)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of karma/yat)

• pitāmahasya: to/of the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmahasya: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (Recipient/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of tat)

• samācakhyuḥ: they reported, told
• samācakhyuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā + cakṣ (धातु √चक्ष्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yathā: as
• yathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (as/how)

• tatham: so, thus
• tatham: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय; तद्-प्रकार)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (so/thus)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta in the wider framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas stand before Brahmā and narrate the severe deed precisely as it happened; Brahmā listens with composed gravity, indicating dharma-adjudication.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Gomātaraḥ (implied by tābhiḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Accountability is integral to dharma: actions—especially severe ones—are to be transparently reported to rightful authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya narrates consequential deeds and their adjudication by cosmic authorities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction; it is a narrative step of reporting the performed act to Brahmā.