Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

एवं शक्रं तथा विष्णुं रुद्रं वै पावकं तथा । ब्रह्माणं ब्राह्मणांश्चैव सर्वांस्तानशपत्तदा

Transliteration

evaṃ śakraṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ vai pāvakaṃ tathā | brahmāṇaṃ brāhmaṇāṃścaiva sarvāṃstānaśapattadā

Translation

अशा रीतीने त्या वेळी तिने शक्र (इंद्र), विष्णु, रुद्र, पावक (अग्नी), ब्रह्मा आणि ब्राह्मण—सर्वांनाच शाप दिला।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• शक्रम्: Indra (Śakra)
• शक्रम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Anukrama (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (also/likewise)

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• पावकम्: Agni (fire)
• पावकम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha/Anukrama (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (also)

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ब्रह्मा)

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘तान्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तान्: those (all of them)
• तान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अशपत्: cursed
• अशपत्: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sāvitrī (deduced from immediate context of the adhyāya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful woman (possibly a chaste wife/ṛṣiṇī/śakti figure) stands with blazing tapas; before her appear Indra with vajra, Viṣṇu with śaṅkha-cakra, Rudra with triśūla, Agni as flame-bodied, Brahmā with four faces, and a group of brāhmaṇas—each receiving the force of her curse as a dark ripple in the air.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Viṣṇu
• Rudra
• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Brahmā
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the grave potency of speech and curse (śāpa) in Purāṇic ethics, where even gods are not beyond moral consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra; the narrative unfolds as part of its māhātmya (sacred greatness).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is narrative, describing a śāpa affecting divine and social orders.