Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

शक्रस्तु सहसा दृष्टो वज्रेणैव समन्वितः । यावद्वदंति शापं ते तावन्नष्टः पुरंदरः

Transliteration

śakrastu sahasā dṛṣṭo vajreṇaiva samanvitaḥ | yāvadvadaṃti śāpaṃ te tāvannaṣṭaḥ puraṃdaraḥ

Translation

Śakra (Indra) apparut soudain, tenant le Vajra. Mais avant qu’ils ne puissent proférer une malédiction, Purandara disparut.

Word by Word

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tu: but
• tu: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/विरोध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अवधानार्थक

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly/quickly)

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen, appeared
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (seen/appeared)

• vajreṇa: with the thunderbolt
• vajreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/only)

• samanvitaḥ: endowed, accompanied
• samanvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + anvit(a) (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त/निष्ठान्त-प्रायः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (समन्वित = endowed/armed)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Temporal marker (काल-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे (as long as/so long)

• vadanti: they speak
• vadanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• tāvat: so long, then
• tāvat: Temporal correlate (काल-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे (so long/then)

• naṣṭaḥ: vanished, disappeared
• naṣṭaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naś (धातु) → naṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• puraṃdaraḥ: Purandara (Indra)
• puraṃdaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

Speaker

Śiva (Mahēśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa-liṅga (episode context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra appears suddenly with vajra in hand before the sages; their faces harden as they begin to pronounce a curse, but in the same instant Indra vanishes, leaving only a swirl of cloud and lightning.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra, Purandara)
• Vajra
• Sages

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the king of gods fears the moral-spiritual force of realized sages; dharma has authority beyond power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Liṅga’s significance triggers dramatic divine-sage interactions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns the near-utterance of a śāpa (curse) and Indra’s flight.