Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

रूपेण वयसा चैव सुरापानमदेन च । बभंज वनवृक्षाणां शाखाः परम पुष्पिताः

Transliteration

rūpeṇa vayasā caiva surāpānamadena ca | babhaṃja vanavṛkṣāṇāṃ śākhāḥ parama puṣpitāḥ

Translation

Fière de sa beauté et de sa jeunesse—et enivrée par la boisson—elle brisa les branches des arbres de la forêt, richement fleuries.

Word by Word

• रूपेण: by beauty/form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वयसा: by youth/age
• वयसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• सुरापानमदेन: by the intoxication of drinking liquor
• सुरापानमदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा + पान + मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) = सुरायाः पानात् मदः (intoxication from drinking liquor)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• बभंज: broke
• बभंज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भञ्ज् (भञ्जने)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वनवृक्षाणाम्: of the forest trees
• वनवृक्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) = वनस्य वृक्षाः (forest-trees)

• शाखाः: branches
• शाखाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• परम: exceedingly, very
• परम: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial use: exceedingly/very)

• पुष्पिताः: flowering, in bloom
• पुष्पिताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पुष्प्/पुष्प (पुष्पे) (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), विशेषण (शाखाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sacred grove)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden, flushed with youth and intoxication, snaps heavily blossomed branches; petals scatter as companions recoil, and the grove’s sacred calm turns tense.

Characters & Entities

• Sukanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride and intoxication lead to heedless actions; dharma emphasizes restraint, especially within sacred settings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred region whose māhātmya frames this episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse implies ethical restraint rather than a formal rite.