Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

दशरथ उवाच । अद्यप्रभृति पिंगाक्ष पीडा कार्या न कस्यचित् । देवासुरमनुष्याणां पशुपक्षिसरीसृपाम्

Transliteration

daśaratha uvāca | adyaprabhṛti piṃgākṣa pīḍā kāryā na kasyacit | devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ paśupakṣisarīsṛpām

Translation

Daśaratha dijo: Desde hoy en adelante, oh de ojos leonados, que no se inflija aflicción a nadie—sean dioses, asuras, humanos, bestias, aves o criaturas reptantes.

Word by Word

• daśarathaḥ: Daśaratha
• daśarathaḥ: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśaratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• prabhṛti: from (now) onward
• prabhṛti: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time-from)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भबोधक (from/beginning with)

• piṅgākṣa: O tawny-eyed one
• piṅgākṣa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (पिङ्गे अक्षिणी यस्य)

• pīḍā: affliction; torment
• pīḍā: Karma (Object of kāryā—thing to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kāryā: should be done (i.e., should be inflicted)
• kāryā: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ya (कृत् प्रत्यय) / kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्/य), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• kasyacit: of anyone
• kasyacit: Sambandha (Genitive—‘of anyone’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• deva-asura-manuṣyāṇām: of gods, demons, and humans
• deva-asura-manuṣyāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive—class affected)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक) + manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (देवाश्च असुराश्च मनुष्याश्च)

• paśu-pakṣi-sarīsṛpām: of animals, birds, and reptiles
• paśu-pakṣi-sarīsṛpām: Sambandha (Genitive—class affected)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣin (प्रातिपदिक) + sarīsṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पशवश्च पक्षिणश्च सरीसृपाश्च)

Speaker

Daśaratha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame audience of the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Daśaratha, in a solemn vow, addresses the tawny-eyed deity/planetary power, proclaiming universal protection for gods, demons, humans, animals, birds, and reptiles within the sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Śani (addressed as Piṅgākṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous ruler seeks welfare for all beings, extending compassion beyond humans to the entire living world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya framework in which this welfare-centered boon is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it is a boon-request grounded in universal non-harm and welfare.