Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे बुद्ध्वा मद्यमत्तास्ततः स्त्रियः । उवाच नारदः सांबमस्मिंस्तिष्ठ कुमारक

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare buddhvā madyamattāstataḥ striyaḥ | uvāca nāradaḥ sāṃbamasmiṃstiṣṭha kumāraka

Translation

Sementara itu, ketika Nārada mengetahui bahwa para wanita telah mabuk oleh minuman keras, ia berkata kepada Sāmba, “Wahai pangeran muda, tetaplah di sini.”

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time frame)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime
• अन्तरे: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• बुद्ध्वा: having understood
• बुद्ध्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) → बुद्ध्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having understood/knowing’

• मद्यमत्ताः: wine-intoxicated
• मद्यमत्ताः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्य + मत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘intoxicated with wine’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• साम्बम्: Sāmba
• साम्बम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this (place)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तिष्ठ: stay/stand
• तिष्ठ: Kriyā (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुमारक: O boy
• कुमारक: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/आमन्त्रण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Not specified in provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women, now visibly intoxicated, sway and laugh with loosened decorum; Nārada, composed and luminous, turns to Sāmba and instructs him to remain, his gesture firm and protective.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāmba
• striyaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text signals a dharmic caution: intoxication clouds judgment, and a sage intervenes to avert impropriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as ethical narrative guidance rather than ritual instruction.