Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

स तान्सर्वाननादृत्य महोत्पातान्सुदारुणान् । प्रययौ सम्मुखस्तस्या देव्याः कोपपरायणः

Transliteration

sa tānsarvānanādṛtya mahotpātānsudāruṇān | prayayau sammukhastasyā devyāḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

All jene furchtbaren, grausigen Vorzeichen missachtend, zog er geradewegs jener Göttin entgegen, ganz auf Zorn und Konfrontation ausgerichtet.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अनादृत्य: disregarding
• अनादृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्-आ-√दृ (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• महोत्पातान्: great portents
• महोत्पातान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः = ‘महान् उत्पातः’

• सुदारुणान्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘सु’ उपसर्गार्थे = very

• प्रययौ: went forth
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सम्मुखः: straight towards / facing
• सम्मुखः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कोपपरायणः: intent on anger, wrathful
• कोपपरायणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः = ‘कोपे परायणः/कोपपरः’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Skanda Purāṇa context; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Mount Abu) within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa frame

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful warrior/king strides forward, ignoring ominous signs around him; the unseen presence of the Goddess is felt as a charged aura ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ignoring divine warnings (utpāta) out of anger and pride leads one toward adharma and ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred-region narrative within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Arbuda-khaṇḍa forms the geographic backdrop, though this verse itself focuses on the encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative, emphasizing omens and disposition.