Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

इत्थं विवस्वतः सा तु बहुशः पृच्छतोऽन्यथा । न वाचा भाषते क्रुद्धः शापं दातुं समुद्यतः

Transliteration

itthaṃ vivasvataḥ sā tu bahuśaḥ pṛcchato'nyathā | na vācā bhāṣate kruddhaḥ śāpaṃ dātuṃ samudyataḥ

Translation

Obwohl Vivasvān sie vielfach und auf mancherlei Weise befragte, gab sie keine Antwort in Worten; er aber, erzürnt, erhob sich, um einen Fluch auszusprechen.

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ittham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• विवस्वतः: of Vivasvat (the Sun)
• विवस्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly
• बहुशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahuśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• पृच्छतः: of (him) asking
• पृच्छतः: Sambandha (Genitive: 'of one who is asking')
• Type: Verb
• Root: pṛcch (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; धातु: पृच्छ् (to ask)

• अन्यथा: otherwise, differently
• अन्यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/विपरीतार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: otherwise/differently)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• वाचा: by speech, with words
• वाचा: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भाषते: speaks
• भाषते: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the subject)

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + tumun (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), धातु: दा (to give)

• समुद्यतः: ready, intent (having risen to act)
• समुद्यतः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-yam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of the subject)

Speaker

Narrator (within Īśvara’s narration stream)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vivasvān interrogates insistently; the woman remains silent; his face hardens, aura flares, and his posture shifts into the decisive, raised-hand stance of a curse about to be uttered.

Characters & Entities

• Vivasvān (Sūrya)
• Chāyā/Saṃjñā
• Curse (śāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avoid concealment and delay in truth; unresolved deception invites conflict and harsh consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya frame for the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.