Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

चुकोप तेषां सुश्रोणी शशाप क्रोधितानना । स्त्रीलौल्येन दुराचारा नाशमेष्यथ गर्विणः

Transliteration

cukopa teṣāṃ suśroṇī śaśāpa krodhitānanā | strīlaulyena durācārā nāśameṣyatha garviṇaḥ

Translation

Da ergrimmte die Göttin mit den schönen Hüften über sie; ihr Antlitz glühte vor Zorn, und sie verfluchte sie: „Durch Gier nach Frauen, ihr Übeltäter und Hochmütigen, werdet ihr dem Untergang verfallen.“

Word by Word

• cukopa: became angry
• cukopa: Kriya (action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kup (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (perfect); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्

• teṣām: at them/of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; षष्ठी बहुवचनम् (genitive)

• suśroṇī: the fair-hipped lady
• suśroṇī: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + śroṇī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (सु-श्रोणिः)

• śaśāpa: cursed
• śaśāpa: Kriya (action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (perfect); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्

• krodhita-ānanā: with an angry face
• krodhita-ānanā: Visheshana (qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodhita (√krudh + क्त) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (क्रोधितम् आननं यस्याः)

• strīlaulyena: due to lust for women
• strīlaulyena: Hetu (cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī + laulya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; तृतीया एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (स्त्रीषु लौल्यम्)

• durācārāḥ: O wicked ones / wicked men
• durācārāḥ: Sambodhana/Addressed (vocative sense though nominative form)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dur + ācāra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• eṣyatha: you will go/meet (with)
• eṣyatha: Kriya (prediction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future); परस्मैपदम्; मध्यमपुरुषः; बहुवचनम्

• garviṇaḥ: O proud ones
• garviṇaḥ: Sambodhana (address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (vocative plural form identical to nominative in -in stems)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Devī’s curse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The ascetics (ṛṣis) as recipients of the curse; Śiva as prior interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā, described as fair-hipped, flares with righteous anger and pronounces a curse upon arrogant ascetics, condemning their woman-lust and predicting their ruin.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Suśroṇī/Girijā)
• Dwijas/Ṛṣis (cursed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lust and arrogance corrupt religious life; unethical conduct leads to spiritual and social downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative setting, underscoring that even in holy places conduct matters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on ethical restraint (self-control) as dharma.