Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य ललिता क्रोधमूर्छिता । उद्धवं ताम्रनयना प्रोवाच रुदती तदा

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya lalitā krodhamūrchitā | uddhavaṃ tāmranayanā provāca rudatī tadā

Translation

അവന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ലലിതാ കോപത്തിൽ മൂർഛിതയായി; കണ്ണുകൾ ചുവന്നുവന്നു; കരഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട് അപ്പോൾ ഉദ്ധവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object of ‘śrutvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having heard’

• vacanam: statement, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object of ‘śrutvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• lalitā: Lalitā
• lalitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• krodha-mūrchitā: stupefied/overcome by anger
• krodha-mūrchitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘lalitā’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (कृदन्त, √mūrch ‘to faint/become stupefied’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्रोधेन मूर्छिता)

• uddhavam: Uddhava
• uddhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uddhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tāmra-nayanā: red-eyed
• tāmra-nayanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘lalitā’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक) + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (ताम्राणि नयनानि यस्याः/या)

• provāca: said, spoke
• provāca: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudatī: weeping
• rudatī: Karta (Participial, qualifying subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rud (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (Present participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Lalitā’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvāravatī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palace-courtyard interior: Lalitā, eyes reddened with tears, body trembling with anger, turns toward Uddhava as other women look on in shock and sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Lalitā
• Uddhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti can include fierce, intimate emotions; even anger and tears become offerings when rooted in love for the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-māhātmya frames the scene, tying these dialogues to the sanctity of Kṛṣṇa’s city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.