Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

मृते पितरि बालस्त्वं स्वभिषिक्तः स्वमंत्रिभिः । अहं हि वंगराजस्य संजाता दुहिता किल

Transliteration

mṛte pitari bālastvaṃ svabhiṣiktaḥ svamaṃtribhiḥ | ahaṃ hi vaṃgarājasya saṃjātā duhitā kila

Translation

«Quand ton père mourut, tu n’étais encore qu’un enfant, et pourtant tes propres ministres t’oignirent roi. Et moi, en vérité, je naquis fille du roi de Vaṅga.»

Word by Word

• मृते: when (he) died
• मृते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ (धातु))
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle) — 'मृते' = 'when (he) is dead'

• पितरि: in/when the father
• पितरि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• बालः: a child, young
• बालः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्व-अभिषिक्तः: self-anointed / anointed (by your own)
• स्व-अभिषिक्तः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिषिक्त (कृदन्त; √सिच्/√सिञ्च् (धातु) उपसर्ग: अभि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• स्व-मन्त्रिभिः: by (your) own ministers
• स्व-मन्त्रिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• वंग-राजस्य: of the king of Vanga
• वंग-राजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंग (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• संजाता: born
• संजाता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संजात (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) उपसर्ग: सम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• दुहिता: daughter
• दुहिता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• किल: it is said / indeed
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; hearsay/indeed)

Speaker

Mṛgyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young prince is ceremonially anointed by ministers; parallel vignette shows a princess born in Vaṅga; the speaker narrates these as karmic turns to the listening king.

Characters & Entities

• Vaṅga
• king of Vaṅga
• ministers (mantrin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power arises through circumstance; lineage and political events are portrayed as karmically conditioned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa tradition forms the setting, though the verse itself is genealogical narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.