Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

षष्टिभार्यासहस्राणि मम संति शुचिस्मिते । कृत्वा मां दर्पितं कांतं तासां त्वं स्वामिनी भव

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭibhāryāsahasrāṇi mama saṃti śucismite | kṛtvā māṃ darpitaṃ kāṃtaṃ tāsāṃ tvaṃ svāminī bhava

Translation

ഹേ ശുചിസ്മിതേ! എനിക്ക് അറുപതിനായിരം ഭാര്യമാർ ഉണ്ട്; എന്നെ ഗർവിതനും കാന്തനുമായ പ്രിയനാക്കി, അവരൊക്കെയും മേൽ നീ സ്വാമിനിയാകുക.

Word by Word

• षष्टि: sixty
• षष्टि: Visheshana (of भार्या-सहस्राणि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन (sixty)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Samasa-anga (compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद (wife)

• सहस्राणि: thousands (of wives)
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: षष्टि-भार्या-सहस्राणि (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः संख्यासमास-प्रयोगः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Existence)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुचिस्मिते: O one with pure smile
• शुचिस्मिते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि-स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: शुचि + स्मित; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having made)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्पितम्: proud/arrogant
• दर्पितम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्पित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of कान्तम्)

• कान्तम्: beloved/lover
• कान्तम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (me as beloved)

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्वामिनी: mistress/lady
• स्वामिनी: Karta-predicative (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भव: become/be
• भव: Kriya (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

A lust-driven Dānava/Asura (the suitor in the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king boasts with expansive gesture, attendants behind him; imagined silhouettes of many queens appear as a faint backdrop, while the Devī remains centered, serene, and unyielding—her aura dwarfing worldly claims.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ego and possession cannot command the divine; dharma rejects turning relationships into domination and status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda, whose sacred atmosphere exposes the suitor’s arrogance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a boastful declaration within the story.