Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

पदा संतर्जयामास छायां संज्ञासुतो यमः

Transliteration

padā saṃtarjayāmāsa chāyāṃ saṃjñāsuto yamaḥ

Translation

Yama, fils de Saṃjñā, menaça Chāyā de son pied.

Word by Word

• पदा: with (his) foot
• पदा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• संतर्जयामास: threatened, intimidated
• संतर्जयामास: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-तर्ज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लिट् (लकार)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (तर्जयति) — ‘भीषयामास/तर्जयामास’

• छायाम्: Chāyā
• छायाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• संज्ञासुतः: son of Saṃjñā
• संज्ञासुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): संज्ञायाः सुतः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing Pārvatī (Śaiva dialogue tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, stern and youthful, lifts his foot in a threatening gesture toward Chāyā, the queenly figure, as the atmosphere tightens before a curse is spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Saṃjñā
• Chāyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse depicts the surge of anger, setting up the Purāṇic warning that intimidation and violence arise when dharma is eclipsed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.