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

“Ketika ayahmu wafat, engkau masih kanak-kanak; namun para menterimu sendiri menobatkanmu dengan abhiṣeka sebagai raja. Dan aku sungguh lahir sebagai putri Raja 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.