Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

शप्तोऽहं तात कोपेन तया सुत इति स्फुटम् । अतो न मह्यं जननी सा भवेद्वदतां वर

Transliteration

śapto'haṃ tāta kopena tayā suta iti sphuṭam | ato na mahyaṃ jananī sā bhavedvadatāṃ vara

Translation

പിതാവേ, അവൾ കോപത്തിൽ ‘നീ എന്റെ പുത്രൻ’ എന്നു വ്യക്തമായി എന്നെ ശപിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ അവൾ എനിക്ക് ജനനി ആകുകയില്ല, വാക്ശ്രേഷ്ഠനേ.

Word by Word

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियासदृश)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (अहम्)

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

• तात: O father/sir
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक/सम्बोधन-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कोपेन: by anger
• कोपेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तया: by her
• तया: Kartr/Agent (Passive agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुतः: (as) a son
• सुतः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपपद-सम्बन्ध (as ‘son’)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• स्फुटम्: clearly
• स्फुटम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्फुटम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Reason connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक अव्यय (therefore)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• मह्यम्: to me/for me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana/Anubhava (Experiencer dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be/should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वदताम्: of speakers
• वदताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वद् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• वर: O best (of speakers)
• वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (श्रेष्ठ)

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed son addressing his father/elder: the mother’s angry curse hangs in the air like a dark ribbon of words; the son’s face shows disbelief and hurt.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Chāyā
• Sūrya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A curse born of anger fractures sacred relationships; dharma calls for restraint so bonds are not turned into instruments of harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a relational and ethical claim within the story.