Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

लज्जान्विताः क्रोधपरा उच्चैरूचुः परस्परम् । केनापि देवकार्येण वामनोऽयं भविष्यति

Transliteration

lajjānvitāḥ krodhaparā uccairūcuḥ parasparam | kenāpi devakāryeṇa vāmano'yaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Remplis de honte et poussés par la colère, ils s’écrièrent l’un à l’autre : « Par quelle œuvre divine celui-ci deviendra-t-il un nain ? »

Word by Word

• लज्जा-अन्विताः: endowed with shame
• लज्जा-अन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ ('endowed with shame')

• क्रोध-पराः: angry / intent on anger
• क्रोध-पराः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); तत्पुरुष ('intent on anger')

• उच्चैः: aloud
• उच्चैः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada)

• परस्परम्: to one another
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• केन: by what?/by whom?
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Interrogative pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)

• अपि: even/indeed/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• देव-कार्येण: by some divine task
• देव-कार्येण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('task of the gods')

• वामनः: a dwarf
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Vālakhilya Ṛṣis (speaking among themselves)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of beings, faces lowered in shame yet eyes blazing with anger, cry out among themselves, pointing toward a figure whose fate is being debated—‘by what divine task will he become a dwarf?’

Characters & Entities

• Vālakhilya Ṛṣis
• Deva-kārya (divine task)
• Vāmana (dwarf-form concept)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ascetics can be shaken by pride and emotion; Purāṇic dharma warns that divine purposes may overturn self-image and provoke inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Mandara/Harimandira narrative thread; it is not a direct tīrtha-praise statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates an emotional reaction and a question about deva-kārya.