Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

सर्वे विषादमापन्ना बांधवाश्च परे जनाः । अशोभनमिदं वाक्यं कन्यया यत्प्रभाषितम् । इत्युक्त्वा तु गताः सर्वे जननीजनबांधवाः

Transliteration

sarve viṣādamāpannā bāṃdhavāśca pare janāḥ | aśobhanamidaṃ vākyaṃ kanyayā yatprabhāṣitam | ityuktvā tu gatāḥ sarve jananījanabāṃdhavāḥ

Translation

Tous les proches et les autres gens furent saisis de tristesse, disant : «Ces paroles que la jeune fille a proférées ne sont pas convenables.» Après cela, tous—les gens de la mère et les parents—s’en allèrent.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘all’

• विषादम्: despondency
• विषादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object with ‘आपन्नाः’ (state attained)

• आपन्नाः: fell into, became
• आपन्नाः: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘having reached/entered’

• बांधवाः: kinsmen
• बांधवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — subject apposition

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• परे: other
• परे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — qualifying ‘जनाः’

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — subject

• अशोभनम्: improper, unbecoming
• अशोभनम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate adjective for ‘वाक्यम्’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — demonstrative ‘this’

• वाक्यम्: statement
• वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject of nominal sentence

• कन्यया: by the maiden
• कन्यया: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — agent in passive participle ‘प्रभाषितम्’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative ‘which/that’ referring to ‘वाक्यम्’

• प्रभाषितम्: spoken
• प्रभाषितम्: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + भाष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘spoken forth’

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थक)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having said’

• तु: then, however
• तु: Sambandha-nipāta (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अवधारण) — ‘but/indeed’

• गताः: went away
• गताः: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘gone’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — subject

• जननीजनबांधवाः: mother, people, and kinsmen
• जननीजनबांधवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक) + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — द्वन्द्व (समाहार/इतरेतर): जननी च जनाश्च बान्धवाश्च ‘mother, people, and relatives’ (collective group)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Relatives and townsfolk stand in a semi-circle, faces downcast; some gesture in disapproval; then they turn away and depart, leaving the maiden’s household isolated.

Characters & Entities

• kanyā (maiden)
• bāndhava (relatives)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unbecoming speech (especially prideful talk) brings social and spiritual decline; dharma begins with restraint and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented as a sacred landscape where actions and words bear swift moral consequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the verse sets the ethical context (śīla/ācāra) within the Māhātmya narrative.