Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

न पुत्रेषु कृता लज्जा पौत्रेषु च न ते विभो । कामकारकृतं मन्ये ह्येतत्कर्म विगर्हितम्

Transliteration

na putreṣu kṛtā lajjā pautreṣu ca na te vibho | kāmakārakṛtaṃ manye hyetatkarma vigarhitam

Translation

ທ່ານບໍ່ມີຄວາມລະອາຍຕໍ່ລູກຊາຍ, ຫຼື ຕໍ່ຫຼານຊາຍຂອງທ່ານເລີຍ, ໂອ ພະອົງເຈົ້າ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຖືວ່າການກະທຳທີ່ໜ້າຕຳນິນີ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນພາຍໃຕ້ການບັງຄັບຂອງຄວາມປາຖະໜາ.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• putreṣu: among/with regard to sons
• putreṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• kṛtā: done, made
• kṛtā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘लज्जा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• lajjā: shame, modesty
• lajjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lajjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• pautreṣu: among/with regard to grandsons
• pautreṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pautra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• vibho: O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• kāmakārakṛtam: done out of desire/at whim
• kāmakārakṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामा-कारेण कृतम् / done by desire/at will); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘एतत्कर्म’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• manye: I think
• manye: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कर्म’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• karma: act, deed
• karma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• vigarhitam: blameworthy, censured
• vigarhitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + garh (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कर्म’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forceful speaker indicts a powerful elder for acting without shame before sons and grandsons; the accused appears exposed in a public setting, with younger family members present as silent witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• putra (sons)
• pautra (grandsons)
• kāma (desire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restraint and modesty protect dharma; desire that ignores social and familial responsibility becomes condemnable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra provides the sacred narrative frame where dharmic conduct is upheld and deviations are criticized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a moral evaluation of conduct, framed within a ritual/assembly setting.