Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तत्क्षणाज्जायते साध्वी तस्मात्सामपरा भव । नो चेच्छापं मया सार्धं तव दास्यत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatkṣaṇājjāyate sādhvī tasmātsāmaparā bhava | no cecchāpaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ tava dāsyatyasaṃśayam

Translation

അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ അവൾ സാധ്വിയായി പ്രസന്നയാകും; അതിനാൽ നീ സാമത്തിൽ പരായണനാകുക. അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഞാൻ സംശയമില്ലാതെ നിന്നെ ശപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tasya kṣaṇāt = from that moment)

• jāyate: arises, happens
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sādhvī: the virtuous lady / good woman
• sādhvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्राय/निपातवत् प्रयोग; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (therefore/from that)

• sāma-parā: inclined to conciliation
• sāma-parā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāma (प्रातिपदिक) + parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sāme parā = devoted to conciliation)

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naḥ: not
• naḥ: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation: not)

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha-bodhaka (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्त/सम्भावना (conditional particle: if)

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr-karana (Agent/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by me’

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (with, together with)

• tava: to you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• dāsyati: will give
• dāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asaṃśayam: undoubtedly
• asaṃśayam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘without doubt’

Speaker

Śiva (Śrī Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva issues a firm directive: if Gaṅgā does not adopt conciliation, he will curse her; the moment is charged with authority and consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Pārvatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approach sacred relationships with humility; harmony (sāman) is preferred, and divine order may enforce consequences when pride obstructs dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred narrative frame rather than explicitly praising a named tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No bathing/vrata/dāna is stated; the instruction is ethical—use conciliatory speech and conduct.