Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

परेषां द्विजशार्दूल सरागैः पापि भिः सदा । कुम्भीपाकगतानेतानथ पश्यसि पापिनः

Transliteration

pareṣāṃ dvijaśārdūla sarāgaiḥ pāpi bhiḥ sadā | kumbhīpākagatānetānatha paśyasi pāpinaḥ

Translation

Ô tigre parmi les brāhmaṇas, tu vois maintenant ces pécheurs—toujours attachés à la passion et aux actes mauvais—tombés dans l’enfer nommé Kumbhīpāka.

Word by Word

• परेषाम्: of others
• परेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• द्विजशार्दूल: O tiger among brahmins
• द्विजशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (द्विजः शार्दूल इव)

• सरागैः: lustful, passionate
• सरागैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; 'पापिभिः' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पापिभिः: by sinners
• पापिभिः: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कुम्भीपाकगतान्: gone to Kumbhīpāka (hell)
• कुम्भीपाकगतान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुम्भीपाक + गत (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुम्भीपाके गताः)

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• पश्यसि: you see
• पश्यसि: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पापिनः: sinners
• पापिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (‘dvija-śārdūla’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa addressed honorifically as ‘dvija-śārdūla’ is shown looking upon a cauldron-like hellscape—Kumbhīpāka—where rāga-bound sinners are plunged and boiled, surrounded by flames and attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Kumbhīpāka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent attachment (rāga) that fuels sinful conduct leads to grave karmic consequences, depicted as descent into specific narakas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames ethical instruction as part of the sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it identifies a consequence (Kumbhīpāka) rather than prescribing a practice.