Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

यथा स्वेष्वनुवर्तेत न तथान्येषु भामिनी । मनुस्तु क्षांतवांस्तस्या भविष्यो यो हि पार्वति

Transliteration

yathā sveṣvanuvarteta na tathānyeṣu bhāminī | manustu kṣāṃtavāṃstasyā bhaviṣyo yo hi pārvati

Translation

O leidenschaftliche Frau, um die eigenen Kinder kümmerte sie sich nach Belieben, doch nicht so um die anderen. Dennoch ertrug Manu — der zum künftigen Manu werden sollte — ihr Verhalten, o Pārvatī.

Word by Word

• yathā: as
• yathā: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक

• sveṣu: among her own (people/children)
• sveṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘स्वजन/स्वकीयेषु’ अर्थे

• anuvarteta: she would behave / she would follow
• anuvarteta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + √vṛt (वृत् वर्तने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• tathā: so / in that way
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक

• anyeṣu: among others
• anyeṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; अधिकरणे

• bhāminī: the passionate/angry woman (Bhāminī)
• bhāminī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे/वर्णनार्थे (here as subject-apposition)

• manuḥ: Manu
• manuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेष/विरोधार्थक

• kṣāṃtavān: forbearing
• kṣāṃtavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṣam (क्षम सहने)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवतु); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘patient/forbearing’

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• bhaviṣyaḥ: future / to be (in the future)
• bhaviṣyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• hi: indeed / for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक (indeed/for)

• pārvati: O Pārvatī
• pārvati: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing Pārvatī (implies a Śaiva dialogue setting, likely Śiva narrating to Pārvatī within the Māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manu (future Manu) stands composed despite neglect, eyes lowered in restraint; Chāyā favors her own; the contrast between inner steadiness and outer injustice is central.

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Pārvatī
• Chāyā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣamā (forbearance) is upheld as a dharmic strength—Manu’s patience becomes exemplary even amid injustice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.