Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततः कृत्वा तपो घोरं कार्त्तिकेयेन भाभिनि । परदारापहारोत्थपापानां नाशहेतवे

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛtvā tapo ghoraṃ kārttikeyena bhābhini | paradārāpahārotthapāpānāṃ nāśahetave

Translation

അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ ദീപ്തിമതീ, അവിടെ കാർത്തികേയൻ പരസ്ത്രീ-അപഹരണത്തിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന പാപങ്ങൾ നശിപ്പാൻ ഘോരതപസ് ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• kṛtvā: having done; having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया

• tapaḥ: austerity; penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ghoram: terrible; intense
• ghoram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; (tapaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• kārttikeyena: by Kārttikeya
• kārttikeyena: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttikeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• bhābhini: O radiant lady
• bhābhini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhābhinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन

• paradārāpahārotthapāpānām: of sins arising from abducting another's wife
• paradārāpahārotthapāpānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-dāra-apahāra-uttha-pāpa (प्रातिपदिक; पर + दार + अपहार + उत्थ + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• nāśahetave: for the destruction (as the cause)
• nāśahetave: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa-hetu (प्रातिपदिक; नाश + हेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (4th/Dative); एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhāmini/devī (addressed as radiant lady)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kārttikeya, radiant and ascetic, performs fierce tapas in the sandy coastal sacred field of Prabhāsa, with a distant Śiva-liṅga shrine and the sea-wind; the mood is penitential and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya (Skanda)
• Kumāreśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text condemns violations of marital dharma and highlights tapas and sacred-site devotion as pathways toward moral purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kumāreśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Kārttikeya’s austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapaḥ (austerity) is referenced as the purificatory discipline connected with the site and its sin-destroying power.