Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

तवापचारो नैवास्य मातुर्नापि कुलस्य च । अन्यद्दौःशील्यहेतुत्वं रेवत्यंत उपागतम्

Transliteration

tavāpacāro naivāsya māturnāpi kulasya ca | anyaddauḥśīlyahetutvaṃ revatyaṃta upāgatam

Translation

«Ce n’est dû ni à une faute de ta part, ni de la mère, ni de la lignée. C’est plutôt de la jonction finale de Revatī qu’est venue la cause même de cette mauvaise conduite.»

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अपचारः: offence, misconduct
• अपचारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Modifier (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic/only)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Modifier (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (also/even)

• कुलस्य: of the family/lineage
• कुलस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यत्: another, different
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दौःशील्य-हेतुत्वम्: being the cause of bad conduct
• दौःशील्य-हेतुत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौःशील्य (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive-determinative): 'दौःशील्यस्य हेतुत्वम्'

• रेवती-अन्ते: at the end of Revatī (nakṣatra)
• रेवती-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) 'अन्त' शब्दः; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'रेवत्याः अन्ते'

• उपागतम्: has occurred/has come about
• उपागतम्: Predicate (विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-आ-गम् (धातु) → उपागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Garga

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the householder (father)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garga reassures the father: a calming hand gesture, the mother present but relieved; the child in the background; a symbolic star-junction motif indicates the Revatī-ending cause.

Characters & Entities

• Garga
• Revatī (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma discourages unjust blame; it redirects inquiry from accusation to understanding the larger forces of kāla and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on time-junction causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated here; it is a doctrinal clarification about causation.