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

“I have duly protected them, by fitting means and to the best of my power. Yet, because I was cursed in anger, I shall now dry up my own being.”

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.