Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

स्वयंवरविभेदं यः करिष्यत्यतिलंपटः । स वध्यः सहितैः सर्वैः परस्त्रीलुब्धको यथा

Transliteration

svayaṃvaravibhedaṃ yaḥ kariṣyatyatilaṃpaṭaḥ | sa vadhyaḥ sahitaiḥ sarvaiḥ parastrīlubdhako yathā

Translation

«Wer, von Gier überwältigt, versucht, dieses Svayaṃvara zu stören, der soll von allen gemeinsam getötet werden, wie einer, der nach der Frau eines anderen begehrt.»

Word by Word

• svayaṃvara-vibhedam: the disruption of the svayaṃvara
• svayaṃvara-vibhedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayaṃvara (प्रातिपदिक) + vibheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वयंवरस्य विभेदः)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• kariṣyati: will do / will cause
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• ati-lampaṭaḥ: exceedingly lecherous
• ati-lampaṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + lampaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—अतिशयेन लंपटः

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम

• vadhyaḥ: is to be killed
• vadhyaḥ: Predicate (Vidheyāṃśa/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vadhya (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; -य-प्रत्ययान्तः, भाव्य/विधेयार्थः (to be slain)

• sahitaiḥ: together with
• sahitaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/सह), बहुवचनम्

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; 'सहितैः' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• para-strī-lubdhakaḥ: a man lusting after another’s wife
• para-strī-lubdhakaḥ: Upamāna/Example (दृष्टान्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (परस्त्रीषु लुब्धकः)

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमानवाचक-निपातः (as/like)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (Hari)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu issues a stern proclamation; the assembly forms a guarded circle; would-be disruptor is warned of collective punishment; atmosphere turns vigilant and martial.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma safeguards consent and social order; violating it through lust and coercion invites severe consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; the Māhātmya uses this episode to teach dhārmic restraint befitting sacred spaces.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A rule of conduct for the svayaṃvara: no disruption; communal enforcement of order is mandated.