Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अवियुक्ता रथाद्यस्मान्मामपृष्ट्वा जलं त्वया । पीतं तस्माच्च कृष्णेन वियुक्ता त्वं भविष्यसि

Transliteration

aviyuktā rathādyasmānmāmapṛṣṭvā jalaṃ tvayā | pītaṃ tasmācca kṛṣṇena viyuktā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Translation

രഥത്തിൽ നിന്നു വേർപെടാതെയിരിക്കെ പോലും എന്നോട് ചോദിക്കാതെ നീ ജലം പാനം ചെയ്തു; അതിനാൽ നീ കൃഷ്ണനിൽ നിന്നുമും വിരഹം പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• अवियुक्ता: not separated (unseparated)
• अवियुक्ता: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + अ- (नञ्/निषेध)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक-क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apādāna (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• यस्मात्: since/from which (reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपृष्ट्वा: without asking
• अपृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having not asked’

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पीतम्: drunk
• पीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृत् (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (here with जले—understood—‘water drunk’)

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• कृष्णेन: from Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Apādāna (Separation; ‘from/away from Kṛṣṇa’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वियुक्ता: separated
• वियुक्ता: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृत् (Past passive participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Durvāsā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rukmiṇī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā completes the curse: Rukmiṇī stands near a chariot, the sense of impending separation heavy; Kṛṣṇa is present yet the composition foreshadows distance—space opens between them, attendants look uneasy.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives stress that dharma’s subtle rules—especially regarding sages—shape destiny and relationships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the sacred frame; the episode functions as moral instruction for those who dwell in or visit holy places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite; the verse reinforces a dhārmic protocol: do not act without permission in a shared sacred/hospitality context.