Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135
Devanagari script
शापोद्यतकरं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं छाया विवस्वतः । कथयामास तत्सर्वं संज्ञायाः सुविचेष्टितम्
Transliteration
śāpodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ chāyā vivasvataḥ | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ saṃjñāyāḥ suviceṣṭitam
Translation
শাপ দিবলৈ হাত উঠোৱা সূৰ্য বিবস্বানক দেখি, ছায়াই সঞ্জ্ঞাৰ সু-বিচাৰিত আচৰণসহ সকলো কথা ক’লে।
Word by Word
शापcurse
शाप:
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TypeNoun
Rootśāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)
उद्यतraised/ready
उद्यत:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootud-yam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) समासाङ्ग; अर्थ: उद्यतः (ready)
करम्hand
करम्:
Karma (Object of 'seeing')
TypeNoun
Rootkara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समस्तपद: शाप-उद्यत-करम्
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), धातु: दृश् (to see)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
Karma (Object of 'seeing')
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
छायाChāyā (Shadow)
छाया:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootchāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
विवस्वतःof Vivasvat
विवस्वतः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootvivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
कथयामासtold, narrated
कथयामास:
Kriyā (Predicate verb)
TypeVerb
Rootkathaya (णिजन्त from kath) (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: कथ्/कथय् (to tell)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'sarvam')
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
संज्ञायाःof Saṃjñā
संज्ञायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
सुविचेष्टितम्the well-devised act/plan
सुविचेष्टितम्:
Karma (Object apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootsu-vi-ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विचेष्टित (कृदन्त/भाव) = 'well-conduct/act'
Speaker
Narrator (within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya storytelling)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Māhātmya audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At the climactic moment, Sūrya’s raised hand pauses; Chāyā begins a complete narration—gesturing as if unspooling a sequence—while the atmosphere shifts from threat to revelation.
Characters & Entities
S
Sūrya/VivasvānC
ChāyāS
SaṃjñāC
Curse (śāpa)FAQs
Truth disclosed in time can avert destructive outcomes; confession becomes a dharmic remedy.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the overarching sacred setting of the section.
None.