Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्य शक्रेण च्यवनस्य महात्मनः । मन्युर्व्युपारमच्छीघ्रं मानश्चैव सुरेशितुः

Transliteration

evamuktasya śakreṇa cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ | manyurvyupāramacchīghraṃ mānaścaiva sureśituḥ

Translation

Als Indra (Śakra) so zu dem großherzigen Weisen Cyavana gesprochen hatte, legte sich Cyavanas Zorn rasch — und auch der Hochmut des Götterherrn kam zur Ruhe.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्तस्य: of (him) who was addressed/spoken to
• उक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (of one who was spoken to/said)

• शक्रेण: by Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च्यवनस्य: of Cyavana
• च्यवनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (great-souled)

• मन्युः: anger
• मन्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• व्युपारमत्: subsided; ceased
• व्युपारमत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+उप+रम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• मानः: pride; self-esteem
• मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• सुरेशितुः: of the lord of the gods
• सुरेशितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईशितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् ईशितृ)

Speaker

Narrator (within Īśvara–Devī dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara area within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cyavana’s fierce anger visibly cools; Indra’s earlier arrogance dissolves; the atmosphere shifts from tension to calm, suggesting a sacred grove turning serene.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Cyavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True resolution arises when both anger and pride are relinquished—restoring dharmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within its Māhātmya section, leading into the Cyavaneśvara sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; it sets the ethical tone for the ensuing tīrtha and liṅga glorification.