Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तव क्रोधेन ये शप्ता ऋषयो वै मया पुरा । तेऽपि देवि त्वया सार्द्धं जाता वैवस्वतेंतरे

Transliteration

tava krodhena ye śaptā ṛṣayo vai mayā purā | te'pi devi tvayā sārddhaṃ jātā vaivasvateṃtare

Translation

O Göttin, jene Weisen, die ich einst wahrlich wegen deines Zorns verfluchte, wurden auch zusammen mit dir im Vaivasvata-Manvantara erneut geboren.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘your’

• क्रोधेन: by anger
• क्रोधेन: Karana (Cause/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by (your) anger’

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम ‘who/which’

• शप्ताः: cursed
• शप्ताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘cursed’ (agreeing with ऋषयः)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘sages’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle: ‘indeed’)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by me’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक (adverb: ‘formerly’)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘they/those’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: ‘also/even’)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — ‘O goddess’

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by/with you’

• सार्द्धम्: together
• सार्द्धम्: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — सहार्थक (together with)

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘born’ (agreeing with ते/ऋषयः)

• वैवस्वत-अन्तरे: in the Vaivasvata (Manvantara)
• वैवस्वत-अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Vaivasvata manvantara’; समासः: वैवस्वतस्य अन्तरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva recalls sages cursed due to Devī’s anger, later reborn alongside her in Vaivasvata manvantara; depict a procession of ṛṣis emerging from a luminous timeline, transitioning from ascetic forms to reborn forms, with Devī as the constant thread.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Śāpa (curse)
• Vaivasvata Manvantara
• Devī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights karmic continuity: actions like curses have long arcs, yet cosmic order provides renewal and rebalancing across Manvantaras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, which frames the teaching within a tīrtha-glorifying discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.