Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

दक्षकोपाच्छरीरं तु संत्यज्य परमा कला । हिमवंतगृहे जाता उमानाम्ना च विश्रुता

Transliteration

dakṣakopāccharīraṃ tu saṃtyajya paramā kalā | himavaṃtagṛhe jātā umānāmnā ca viśrutā

Translation

ದಕ್ಷನ ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಆ ಪರಮಕಲೆ ತನ್ನ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದಳು; ನಂತರ ಹಿಮವಂತನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ್ಮ ಪಡೆದು ‘ಉಮಾ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಳಾದಳು.

Word by Word

• दक्षकोपात्: from Dakṣa’s anger
• दक्षकोपात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘दक्षस्य कोपः’); (ablative: ‘from Dakṣa’s anger’)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (accusative singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• संत्यज्य: having abandoned
• संत्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त; (absolutive/gerund) ‘having abandoned’

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कला’)

• कला: portion/aspect
• कला: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (nominative singular)

• हिमवत्-गृहे: in Himavat’s house
• हिमवत्-गृहे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘हिमवतः गृहम्’); (locative: ‘in Himavat’s house’)

• जाता: was born
• जाता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (born)

• उमा-नाम्ना: with the name ‘Umā’
• उमा-नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/Designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘उमायाः नाम’); (instrumental: ‘by the name Umā’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विश्रुता: renowned
• विश्रुता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘कला/उमा’) ‘well-known’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual) with mythic linkage to Himavat

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A two-part narrative tableau: (1) Satī, the supreme kalā, relinquishes the body under the shadow of Dakṣa’s wrath; (2) the same divine essence is reborn in Himavat’s home, now renowned as Umā, with Himalayan serenity replacing sacrificial turmoil.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Himavat
• Umā
• Satī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine purpose continues beyond rupture and loss; the Goddess re-manifests to restore dharma and cosmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra’s māhātmya frames this Goddess narrative as part of the site’s sacred theological landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse recounts a doctrinal-puranic episode about Satī’s abandonment of the body and rebirth as Umā.