Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

शापोद्यतकरं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं छाया विवस्वतः । कथयामास तत्सर्वं संज्ञायाः सुविचेष्टितम्

Transliteration

śāpodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ chāyā vivasvataḥ | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ saṃjñāyāḥ suviceṣṭitam

Translation

ശാപം നൽകാൻ കൈ ഉയർത്തിയ സൂര്യൻ വിവസ്വാനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ഛായ എല്ലാം പറഞ്ഞു—സഞ്ജ്ഞയുടെ സൂക്ഷ്മമായി ആസൂത്രിതമായ പ്രവർത്തികളുടെ സമഗ്രവിവരം.

Word by Word

• शाप: curse
• शाप: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• उद्यत: raised/ready
• उद्यत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-yam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) समासाङ्ग; अर्थ: उद्यतः (ready)

• करम्: hand
• करम्: Karma (Object of 'seeing')
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समस्तपद: शाप-उद्यत-करम्

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), धातु: दृश् (to see)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object of 'seeing')
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• छाया: Chāyā (Shadow)
• छाया: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विवस्वतः: of Vivasvat
• विवस्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कथयामास: told, narrated
• कथयामास: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (णिजन्त from kath) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: कथ्/कथय् (to tell)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'sarvam')

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संज्ञायाः: of Saṃjñā
• संज्ञायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुविचेष्टितम्: the well-devised act/plan
• सुविचेष्टितम्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-vi-ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विचेष्टित (कृदन्त/भाव) = 'well-conduct/act'

Speaker

Narrator (within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya storytelling)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the climactic moment, Sūrya’s raised hand pauses; Chāyā begins a complete narration—gesturing as if unspooling a sequence—while the atmosphere shifts from threat to revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya/Vivasvān
• Chāyā
• Saṃjñā
• Curse (śāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth disclosed in time can avert destructive outcomes; confession becomes a dharmic remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the overarching sacred setting of the section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.