Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्यै निवेदयामास भयं वस्त्रसमुद्भवम् । विदेशचलनं चैव बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा

Transliteration

tasyai nivedayāmāsa bhayaṃ vastrasamudbhavam | videśacalanaṃ caiva bāṣpagadgadayā girā

Translation

Ihr teilte sie die aus den Gewändern entstandene Furcht mit und auch den bevorstehenden Aufbruch in ein fremdes Land, mit von Tränen erstickter Stimme.

Word by Word

• तस्यै: to her
• तस्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• निवेदयामास: informed; reported
• निवेदयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• वस्त्रसमुद्भवम्: arising from the clothes (incident)
• वस्त्रसमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस्त्र + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् भयम्-सम्बद्धम्

• विदेशचलनम्: departure to a foreign land
• विदेशचलनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदेश + चलन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• बाष्पगद्गदया: with a tear-choked (stammering)
• बाष्पगद्गदया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्प + गद्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् गिरा-सम्बद्धम्

• गिरा: speech; voice
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan) within the embedded narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two young women seated near a doorway; one speaks through tears, hand to chest, eyes reddened; the other listens intently. A small bundle of damaged cloth lies nearby as the symbol of the crisis.

Characters & Entities

• dāśakanyā (fisher-girl)
• the king’s daughter
• videśa (foreign land)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly fear is expressed openly, so that a righteous remedy—often connected to a tīrtha—can be sought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda’s sacred spring is implied as the forthcoming remedy, though not yet named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the cause (garments) foreshadows a cleansing/purification act described shortly after.