Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

शापेन ऋषिमुख्यानां भार्गवाणां महात्मनाम् । तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमौ त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

śāpena ṛṣimukhyānāṃ bhārgavāṇāṃ mahātmanām | tasminnipatite bhūmau trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

മഹാത്മാക്കളായ ഭാര്ഗവ ഋഷിശ്രേഷ്ഠരുടെ ശാപം ഭൂമിയിൽ പതിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ചരാചരസഹിതമായ ത്രിലോകവും ഈ അവസ്ഥയിൽ ആകപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• शापेन: by a curse
• शापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ऋषिमुख्यानाम्: of the chief sages
• ऋषिमुख्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि + मुख्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋषीणां मुख्याः)

• भार्गवाणाम्: of the Bhārgavas
• भार्गवाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying भार्गवाणाम्/ऋषिमुख्यानाम्)

• तस्मिन्: in/when that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying निपतिते)

• निपतिते: when (it) had fallen
• निपतिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute with तस्मिन्)

• भूमौ: on the earth
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving
• सचराचरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक; स + चर + अचर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying त्रैलोक्यम्); द्वन्द्वः (चर + अचर) उपपदपूर्वक (सहित)

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A darkened cosmic tableau: sages’ curse descends like a fiery syllable onto earth; the three worlds tremble—gods anxious, humans distressed, nature stilled—signaling universal imbalance.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava sages
• Curse (Śāpa)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Earth

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The power of ṛṣi-vāk (sage-speech) is dharmically potent; disrespect or imbalance can ripple through all realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied sacred stage where the liṅga event manifests cosmic consequences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is described; the verse identifies the causal chain (curse → fall → cosmic turmoil).