Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

तथाऽह रुद्रं कुपिता यदा दारुवने स्थितः । तदा ते मुनयः क्रुद्धाः शापं दास्यंति ते हर

Transliteration

tathā'ha rudraṃ kupitā yadā dāruvane sthitaḥ | tadā te munayaḥ kruddhāḥ śāpaṃ dāsyaṃti te hara

Translation

അതുപോലെ, രുദ്രൻ ദാരുവനത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുമ്പോൾ (ഞാൻ) കുപിതയായാൽ, അപ്പോൾ ആ മുനിമാർ ക്രുദ്ധരായി, ഹേ ഹര, നിനക്കു ശാപം നൽകും.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb

• अह: ah! (exclamation)
• अह: Prayojaka-nipāta (Exclamatory particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/उद्गार-निपात — Indeclinable interjection/particle

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• कुपिता: angered
• कुपिता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (कृदन्त; कुप्/कुप्य् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kālika-sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (यदा...तदा) — Indeclinable temporal correlator

• दारुवने: in the Daru-forest
• दारुवने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• स्थितः: standing, situated
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त; स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kālika-sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक — Indeclinable adverb

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; सर्वनाम

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रुद्धाः: angry
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दास्यन्ति: will give
• दास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Simple Future, 3rd person, Plural

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी, एकवचन (ते) — Dative/Genitive, Singular; here चतुर्थी (to you)

• हर: O Hara
• हर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual: prophetic narration of sages cursing Rudra/Śiva in Dāruvana, within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāruvana (Dārukāvana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra stands in the Dāruvana; sages, inflamed with anger, prepare to utter a curse—Śiva remains unshaken, radiating paradoxical serenity amid confrontation.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Dāruvana
• Munis (sages)
• Hara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine play (līlā) often unfolds through conflict; even curses become instruments for revealing higher meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya, connecting mythic events to the sanctity of place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; it establishes narrative causality for later tīrtha-related teaching.