Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

देवान्कुर्युरदेवांश्च तस्मात्तान्नैव कोपयेत् । यस्मादेव तव स्पर्शस्त्रिधा मेध्यो भविष्यति

Transliteration

devānkuryuradevāṃśca tasmāttānnaiva kopayet | yasmādeva tava sparśastridhā medhyo bhaviṣyati

Translation

Sie könnten Götter zu Nicht-Göttern machen; darum soll man sie nicht erzürnen. Denn gerade durch deine Berührung wird der Ozean dreifach reinigend und tauglich für heilige Riten.

Word by Word

• devān: gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• kuryuḥ: would make
• kuryuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• adevān: non-gods; demons
• adevān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tasmāt: therefore; from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kopayet: should provoke (to anger)
• kopayet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kup (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative: ‘cause to be angry’)

• yasmāt: because; from which
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• sparśaḥ: touch; contact
• sparśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• tridhā: threefold
• tridhā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tridhā (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्याविशेषणीय-अव्यय (adverb: ‘in three ways’)

• medhyaḥ: purifying; fit for sacrifice
• medhyaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: medhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying sparśaḥ)

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator / Devas’ counsel (speaker not explicitly marked)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (sea-shore snāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame typical; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ocean at Prabhāsa is shown becoming thrice-purifying through the Lord’s touch; brāhmaṇas stand as guardians of ritual order, while the sea glows with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (implied)
• Devas
• A-deva
• Sparśa (touch)
• Medhya (ritual purity)
• Ocean (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and cosmic status are tied to dharmic power; honoring the righteous safeguards divine order and sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s sāgara-sannidhi, emphasizing how the ocean becomes fit for sacred use through sanctifying contact.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The notion of becoming ‘tridhā medhya’ (thrice-purifying/fit for rites) through sanctifying touch—implying rites that render a place or water suitable for yajña and tīrtha practices.