Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ज्ञानाद्वा यदि वाज्ञानाद्येनेयं दूषणा कृता । सोऽद्यैव पंचतां यातु यद्यहं स्यां पतिव्रता

Transliteration

jñānādvā yadi vājñānādyeneyaṃ dūṣaṇā kṛtā | so'dyaiva paṃcatāṃ yātu yadyahaṃ syāṃ pativratā

Translation

ບໍ່ວ່າຈະເຮັດໂດຍຮູ້ ຫຼືໂດຍບໍ່ຮູ້ ຜູ້ໃດກໍຕາມທີ່ໄດ້ກໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມດ່າງພ້ອຍນີ້ ຂໍໃຫ້ຜູ້ນັ້ນຕາຍໃນມື້ນີ້ເທົ່ານັ້ນ ຖ້າຂ້ອຍເປັນພັນລະຍາຜູ້ສັດຊື່ຕໍ່ຜົວແທ້.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानात्: from knowledge
• ज्ञानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• अज्ञानात्: from ignorance
• अज्ञानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/हेतौ (by which/whereby)

• इयम्: this (she/this act)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• दूषणा: defamation/accusation
• दूषणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• कृता: was made/done
• कृता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'made/done'

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

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle: 'indeed/just')

• पञ्चताम्: to death (lit. to the state of the five elements)
• पञ्चताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'पञ्चत्व' = मृत्युभाव (state of being five elements/death)

• यातु: let him go
• यातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')

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

• स्याम्: may be / should be
• स्याम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पतिव्रता: a devoted wife (one faithful to her husband)
• पतिव्रता: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पति-व्रता = पत्युः व्रतं यस्याः)

Speaker

The woman (devī—female figure in the narrative, speaking a truth-utterance/curse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman stands firm, eyes steady, declaring a conditional curse: if she is truly devoted, the perpetrator should die today; the air feels charged, as if the kṣetra itself listens.

Characters & Entities

• Pativratā-dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic ethics, truth-utterance (satya-vākya) grounded in vowed dharma is portrayed as spiritually potent—yet it must be aligned with right judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, linking personal dharma and its karmic force to a sanctified geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes pativratā-dharma as a vow-like moral discipline.