Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कौमारेण तु गर्विष्ठो यस्मान्मां शापयिष्यसि । तस्मात्त्वमपि विप्रर्षे जरायुक्तो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

kaumāreṇa tu garviṣṭho yasmānmāṃ śāpayiṣyasi | tasmāttvamapi viprarṣe jarāyukto bhaviṣyasi

Translation

Parce que, enflé de l’orgueil de la jeunesse, tu me maudiras; ainsi toi aussi, ô brāhmaṇa-voyant, tu seras accablé par la vieillesse.

Word by Word

• कौमारेण: due to youth; by (your) youth
• कौमारेण: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (adversative/emphatic particle)

• गर्विष्ठः: very proud; arrogant
• गर्विष्ठः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्विष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; गर्विन्-तम/इष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अतिशयार्थक (superlative-like) adjective

• यस्मात्: since; because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; Ablative singular; relative pronoun (‘because/since’)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• शापयिष्यसि: you will cause (someone) to curse / you will curse
• शापयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) (causative: शापय-)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Causative future 2nd sg

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Result marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore/from that reason’ (indeclinable usage)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘विप्रश्चासौ ऋषिश्च’

• जरायुक्तः: afflicted with old age
• जरायुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया/सह-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘जरया युक्तः’ = endowed with old age

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Future 2nd sg

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual: the one being cursed or responding to Nārada’s impending curse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (as directly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense exchange: a youthful, proud brāhmaṇa-seer poised to curse; the speaker pronounces a counter-result—old age—foreshadowing moral reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride, especially in youth, invites karmic consequence; humility safeguards spiritual power and speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya frame, preparing for Nārada’s subsequent sādhana in that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse introduces a consequence that motivates later devotional practice.