Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1085

Devanagari script

शापानुग्रहदैः सर्वै देवैरपि सवासवैः । तस्माच्चन्द्र त्वया शोको नैव कार्यो विजानता

Transliteration

śāpānugrahadaiḥ sarvai devairapi savāsavaiḥ | tasmāccandra tvayā śoko naiva kāryo vijānatā

Translation

Selbst die Götter — mitsamt Indra — sind alle Spender sowohl von Fluch als auch von Gnade. Darum, o Candra, da du diese Wahrheit kennst, sollst du keineswegs trauern.

Word by Word

• शापानुग्रहदैः: by the givers of curse and grace
• शापानुग्रहदैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (शापश्च अनुग्रहश्च तयोः दाः = दातारः)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with देवैः)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipāta (Additive/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक (also/even)

• सवासवैः: together with the Vasus/Indra’s group
• सवासवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव (वासवैः सह)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोग; हेत्वर्थे/तदनन्तरार्थे (therefore/from that)

• चन्द्र: O Moon
• चन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• शोकः: grief
• शोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• एव: at all
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (at all/indeed)

• कार्यः: to be done, should be made
• कार्यः: Kriyā (Predicate necessity/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: कार्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; (to be done)

• विजानता: by (you) who know
• विजानता: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle, शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; (by one who knows)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra (Soma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consoling address to Candra: devas, with Indra present, are described as agents of both curse and grace; Candra is urged to abandon grief through understanding.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Soma)
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A wise person does not sink into grief, understanding that the divine order can manifest as both chastisement and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it gives a doctrinal reassurance about providence (śāpa/anugraha).