Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । स तस्याः शपथाञ्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः । प्रत्ययं च तदा गत्वा व्याघ्रो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | sa tasyāḥ śapathāñchrutvā vismayotphullalocanaḥ | pratyayaṃ ca tadā gatvā vyāghro vākyamathābravīt

Translation

プラスタヤは語った。彼女の厳粛な誓いを聞くや、虎は驚きに目を見開いた。やがてその真心を信じ、虎は次の言葉を告げた。

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शपथान्: oaths
• शपथान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having heard’

• विस्मय-उत्फुल्ल-लोचनः: whose eyes were widened in astonishment
• विस्मय-उत्फुल्ल-लोचनः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय + उत्फुल्ल + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—विस्मयेन उत्फुल्ले लोचने यस्य

• प्रत्ययम्: assurance / proof / conviction
• प्रत्ययम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालबोधक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); ‘having gone’

• व्याघ्रः: the tiger
• व्याघ्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech / words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (sequence particle)

• अब्रवीत्: spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in the provided excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya narrates: a tiger, astonished, eyes wide, listens to a woman’s oath; the moment pivots from threat to trust.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Vyāghra (tiger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthfulness and firm resolve inspire even the fierce-hearted to trust and act righteously.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred narrative stream of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, supporting the region’s dharmic mahātmya through exemplars of conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—establishing trust through satya and śapatha (solemn vow).