Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

निरोधेन समायुक्ता पीड्यमाना शुचिस्मिता । धनिभार्या निरोधार्ता देवागाराद्बहिर्गता

Transliteration

nirodhena samāyuktā pīḍyamānā śucismitā | dhanibhāryā nirodhārtā devāgārādbahirgatā

Translation

Geplagt von einem körperlichen Drang und unter Schmerzen, ging die Frau des reichen Mannes – sanft in ihrem reinen Lächeln – aus dem Tempelbezirk hinaus, bedrängt von dieser Not.

Word by Word

• निरोधेन: by restraint; by confinement
• निरोधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समायुक्ता: endowed/combined (with)
• समायुक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘joined/afflicted with’

• पीड्यमाना: being tormented; being oppressed
• पीड्यमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (कर्मणि/Passive present participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शुचिस्मिता: with a pure/bright smile
• शुचिस्मिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (शुचि स्मितं यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• धनि: wealthy man; rich person
• धनि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासे पूर्वपद

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निरोधार्ता: distressed by confinement
• निरोधार्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरोध (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (निरोधेन आर्ता/निरोधात् आर्ता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• देवागारात्: from the temple
• देवागारात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् आगारम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (outside)

• गता: went; came out
• गता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience within the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wealthy woman with a gentle, composed face yet visibly in pain exits the temple boundary at night, holding her abdomen/side, seeking relief away from the crowd and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Devāgāra (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ordinary bodily suffering becomes part of a larger sacred narrative when it unfolds in a holy kṣetra, preparing the ground for the revelation of tīrtha-mahātmyas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), introduced through events occurring at/near a devāgāra within the sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets a narrative scene connected to later tīrtha/vrata results.