Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

कुम्भीपाकादिकेष्वेवं महानरककोटिषु । यावदिंद्रसहस्राणि चतुर्द्दश वरानने

Transliteration

kumbhīpākādikeṣvevaṃ mahānarakakoṭiṣu | yāvadiṃdrasahasrāṇi caturddaśa varānane

Translation

इस प्रकार कुम्भीपाक आदि भयानक नरकों की असंख्य महान् नरक-कोटियों में, हे वरानने, वह चौदह सहस्र इन्द्रों के काल तक रहता है।

Word by Word

• कुम्भीपाक: Kumbhīpāka (a hell)
• कुम्भीपाक: Adhikarana (Locative base within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भी + पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे प्रातिपदिक; समासः: कुम्भी-पाक (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) (नरकविशेषः)

• आदिकेषु: in (those) etc. (hells)
• आदिकेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = ‘and others’ (ending with -क)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• महानरक: great hells
• महानरक: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध) (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे प्रातिपदिक; समासः: महा-नरक (कर्मधारय)

• कोटिषु: in crores (of them)
• कोटिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; समासः: महा-नरक-कोटि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्धक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (until/as long as)

• इन्द्र: Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध) (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे प्रातिपदिक; समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• सहस्राणि: thousands (of Indras)
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः: इन्द्र-सहस्र (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; (चतुर्-दश) द्वन्द्व/संख्यासमास; विशेषणम् (सहस्राणि इत्यादि परिमाणे)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः: वर-आनना (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: varānane (addressed as ‘O fair-faced one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A terrifying vision of Kumbhīpāka: cauldrons, flames, and wardens of Yama; the condemned figure is shown enduring long ages, while a compassionate divine witness urges dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhīpāka
• naraka
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Severe wrongdoing in sacred matters is said to yield prolonged suffering, underscoring the seriousness of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra discourse, warning pilgrims and officiants about misconduct there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No positive rite; it is a deterrent passage emphasizing the karmic penalty for prohibited conduct (contextually, wrongful pratigrāha).