Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

किं न जानाति लोकोऽयं मयि रोषकषायिते । शक्रं प्रति त्रिभुवनं भ्रष्टश्रीकमभूत्तदा

Transliteration

kiṃ na jānāti loko'yaṃ mayi roṣakaṣāyite | śakraṃ prati tribhuvanaṃ bhraṣṭaśrīkamabhūttadā

Translation

এই জগৎ কি জানে না—আমার ক্রোধ উদ্দীপ্ত হলে কী ঘটে? একবার শক্রের কারণে ত্রিভুবন শ্রীহীন হয়ে পড়েছিল।

Word by Word

• किम्: what? / how?
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative particle: what?/how?)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• जानाति: knows
• जानाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोकः: the world / people
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• मयि: in me / when I
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• रोष-कषायिते: when (I am) tainted with anger
• रोष-कषायिते: Adhikarana (State-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक) + कषायित (कृदन्त; √कष्/कषाय् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to मयि); समासः तत्पुरुषः (रोषेण कषायितः = ‘tinged/tainted with anger’)

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards / against
• प्रति: Sambandha (Directional relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-प्रयोगः (preposition: towards/against; governs accusative)

• त्रि-भुवनम्: the three worlds
• त्रि-भुवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि भुवनानि = the three worlds)

• भ्रष्ट-श्रीकम्: deprived of prosperity
• भ्रष्ट-श्रीकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्ट (कृदन्त; √भ्रंश् + क्त) + श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य श्रीः भ्रष्टा = ‘whose prosperity is lost’); विशेषण (to त्रिभुवनम्)

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā evokes a past calamity: Indra’s throne dimmed, the three worlds losing luster, as if a veil falls over heaven; listeners sense the weight of precedent.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Śakra (Indra)
• Tribhuvana (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward spiritual power destabilizes prosperity; dharma requires humility before saints and sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a direct tīrtha praise; it supports the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative by stressing the world-shaping force of Durvāsā’s anger.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a recollection of a prior cosmic consequence associated with Durvāsā and Indra.