Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

किं मया कृतमित्युक्त्वा तत्समीपमुपागमत् । अपतद्विलुठन्भूमौ दण्डवच्चाश्रुसंप्लुतः

Transliteration

kiṃ mayā kṛtamityuktvā tatsamīpamupāgamat | apatadviluṭhanbhūmau daṇḍavaccāśrusaṃplutaḥ

Translation

「私は何ということをしてしまったのか」と言って、彼はその近くへ進んだ。彼は地に倒れ、転げ回り、杖のようにまっすぐ身を投げて礼拝し、涙に濡れそぼった。

Word by Word

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object of ‘kṛtam’ in question/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (interrogative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) > kṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाक्ये ‘किं कृतम्’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having said)

• tat-samīpam: to his/that one's vicinity
• tat-samīpam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (उसका समीपम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• upāgamat: approached
• upāgamat: Kriyā (Motion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• apatat: fell down
• apatat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-pat (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• viluṭhan: rolling/wallowing
• viluṭhan: Kriyā (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-luṭh (धातु) > viluṭhat (शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अपतत्’ इत्यस्य सहवर्ती क्रिया

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• daṇḍavat: like a stick (prostrate)
• daṇḍavat: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daṇḍavat (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: like a staff), अव्ययभाव-प्रयोग

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• aśru-saṃplutaḥ: bathed in tears
• aśru-saṃplutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśru (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpluta (कृदन्त, क्त from saṃ-plu)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अश्रुभिः संप्लुतः / flooded with tears), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā cries out in self-reproach, then collapses and rolls on the earth, performing full prostration; tears soak his face and beard; onlookers witness the reversal of his famed fierceness.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā (implied)
• Jagannātha/Deva (implied)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement begins with self-inquiry and surrender—expressed through prostration and heartfelt remorse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the Māhātmya context, where devotion and surrender to the Lord bear immediate spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act shown is daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) as a devotional response; no formal tīrtha-vidhi is stated.