Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

ऋषिः प्रोक्तः पिप्पलादः साधितोऽहं त्वया बलात् । इदानीं ते मया कार्यं कर्त्तव्यं यत्समाहितम्

Transliteration

ṛṣiḥ proktaḥ pippalādaḥ sādhito'haṃ tvayā balāt | idānīṃ te mayā kāryaṃ karttavyaṃ yatsamāhitam

Translation

聖仙は言った。「我はピッパラーダ。汝の力により、我は強いて制せられ、屈した。今や、汝が固く定めたことを、我が汝のために成すべきである。」

Word by Word

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: was called/declared
• प्रोक्तः: Kriyā (Predicate: was called/said)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पिप्पलादः: Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• साधितः: was forced/compelled
• साधितः: Kriyā (Predicate: was compelled/overpowered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु) → साधित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन

• बलात्: by force/forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu/Reason (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Ablative singular; adverbial)

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Dative singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: a task
• कार्यम्: Kriyā-artha (Task to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: predicate noun)

• कर्तव्यं: to be done
• कर्तव्यं: Vidhi/Obligation (Obligatory qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त; तव्यत्)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (agreeing with कार्यम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• समाहितम्: resolved/settled/decided
• समाहितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (agreeing with यत्/कार्यं)

Speaker

Pippalāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fiery, awe-inspiring figure speaks with the authority of an ascetic; he identifies himself as Pippalāda and offers to perform the resolved task, while the other figure listens, tense and dominant.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Vaḍavānala (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse cautions that raw force can coerce, but dharma requires that power be redirected into purposeful, ordered action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the narrative of Pippalāda is embedded in its māhātmya to magnify the place’s sacred authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is mentioned; it introduces a duty/commission within the story.