Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ते मया रक्षिताः सम्यग्यथाशक्त्या ह्युपायतः । शोषयिष्येऽहमात्मानं यस्माच्छप्तः प्रकोपतः

Transliteration

te mayā rakṣitāḥ samyagyathāśaktyā hyupāyataḥ | śoṣayiṣye'hamātmānaṃ yasmācchaptaḥ prakopataḥ

Translation

„Ich habe sie ordnungsgemäß beschützt, mit geeigneten Mitteln und nach meiner Kraft. Doch weil ich im Zorn verflucht wurde, werde ich nun mein eigenes Sein austrocknen.“

Word by Word

• ते: them
• ते: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रक्षिताः: were protected
• रक्षिताः: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) → रक्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (were protected)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (as/according to)

• शक्त्या: (my) ability
• शक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/for)

• उपायतः: by a means/method
• उपायतः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘उपायतः’ = by means/through method

• शोषयिष्ये: I will dry up
• शोषयिष्ये: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु) → शोषयिष्य (णिच् causative + लृट्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘I will dry up’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रश्नार्थ (from which/because)

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta (Predicate participle to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘cursed’

• प्रकोपतः: from anger
• प्रकोपतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (from/through anger)

Speaker

Samudra (Sāgara), lord of rivers

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Samudra-deva, resolute, begins an ascetic withdrawal: waves recede, shoreline expands, brāhmaṇas watch as the sea’s vitality diminishes—an awe-filled act of cosmic penance.

Characters & Entities

• Samudra (Sāgara)
• Curse (Śāpa)
• Śaraṇāgata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma may be upheld, yet cosmic law (śāpa/boon dynamics) still operates; penance and consequences unfold even for the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a stage where the ocean itself becomes part of sacred history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse describes a vow-like act of self-drying (a form of extreme tapas/penance) due to a curse.