Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणाद्देवि तव वाक्यान्मयाऽनघे । न कृतोऽनुग्रहस्तेषां सरोषाणां तपस्विनाम्

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇāddevi tava vākyānmayā'naghe | na kṛto'nugrahasteṣāṃ saroṣāṇāṃ tapasvinām

Translation

Pour cette raison, ô Déesse—à cause de tes paroles, ô sans tache—je n’ai pas accordé ma grâce à ces ascètes emplis de colère.

Word by Word

• etasmāt: from this
• etasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun/सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kāraṇāt: from the reason/cause
• kāraṇāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun/सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• vākyāt: from (your) statement/word
• vākyāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun/सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• anaghe: O sinless one
• anaghe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Niṣedha (negation particle/निषेध-अव्यय)

• kṛtaḥ: done/made
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय, क्तान्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively with implied 'asti'

• anugrahaḥ: favor/grace
• anugrahaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun/सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saroṣāṇām: of the angry ones
• saroṣāṇām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adjective (विशेषण), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tapasvinām: of the ascetics
• tapasvinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठī), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

Ḍiṁḍin speaking to Devī (explicit address devi/anaghe)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahatmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The invisible Ḍiṁḍin addresses the Goddess with reverence; the Goddess appears serene, signaling restraint, while the angry sages remain in the background, visually contrasted by their agitation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (unnamed goddess/consort figure)
• Ḍiṁḍin
• Tapasvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine favor (anugraha) aligns with inner purity and calm; anger can block spiritual reward even for tapasvins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the narrative frames ethical conduct as integral to receiving the site’s spiritual benefits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it discusses the withholding of grace due to anger.