Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

अहमिन्द्रः कथं चैषा नोपतिष्ठति चालसा । सर्वान्देवान्हनिष्यामि लप्स्ये नाहं शचीं यदि

Transliteration

ahamindraḥ kathaṃ caiṣā nopatiṣṭhati cālasā | sarvāndevānhaniṣyāmi lapsye nāhaṃ śacīṃ yadi

Translation

ഞാൻ ഇന്ദ്രൻ—ഈ ധൃഷ്ടയായവൾ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് എന്റെ സേവയ്ക്ക് വരുന്നില്ല? എനിക്ക് ശചീ ലഭിക്കാതിരുന്നാൽ ഞാൻ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരെയും വധിക്കും!

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (अहम्-समनाधिकरण)

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (manner/question/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eṣā: this (woman)
• eṣā: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (sentence negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• upatiṣṭhati: attends, serves, approaches
• upatiṣṭhati: Kriya (predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: उप

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ālasā: lazy, sluggish
• ālasā: Karta (subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ālasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• devān: gods
• devān: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• haniṣyāmi: I will kill
• haniṣyāmi: Kriya (predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• lapsye: I will obtain
• lapsye: Kriya (predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (sentence negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śacīm: Śacī
• śacīm: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śacī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction: 'if')

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nahūṣa (speaking as ‘I am Indra’) erupts in arrogant fury, threatening cosmic violence if Śacī is not obtained; devas recoil; Śacī’s absence is felt as a moral boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Śacī (Indrāṇī)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked pride and craving even in the powerful leads to threats against cosmic order; dharma requires self-mastery.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, presenting moral exempla within the sacred geography of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a character statement revealing Indra’s arrogance.