Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

शापस्यानुग्रहो दत्तो मया तव निशाकर । न चान्यथा वचः कर्त्तुं शक्यं तेषां द्रिजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

śāpasyānugraho datto mayā tava niśākara | na cānyathā vacaḥ karttuṃ śakyaṃ teṣāṃ drijanmanām

Translation

हे निशाकर! मी तुला शापातून अनुग्रह देऊन दिलासा दिला आहे; परंतु त्या द्विजांचे वचन अन्यथा करणे शक्य नाही।

Word by Word

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• anugrahaḥ: favor, mitigation
• anugrahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• dattaḥ: given
• dattaḥ: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: दा-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनुग्रहः-विशेषण

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tava: for you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• niśākara: O night-maker (Moon)
• niśākara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

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

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (otherwise)

• vacaḥ: word, statement
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• karttum: to do, to make
• karttum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + tumun (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive), क्रियार्थ (to do/make)

• śakyam: possible
• śakyam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakya (√śak + यत्, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शक्-धातु, यत्-प्रत्यय (potential/possible), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• dvijanmanām: of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijanmanām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijanman (प्रातिपदिक; dvija + janman)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (द्विजः जन्म यस्य/द्विजन्मा = ब्राह्मणः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha vicinity

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/kingly interlocutor implied by Purāṇic convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity (implied Śiva/Īśvara) addresses Niśākara (the Moon), granting partial relief from a curse while affirming the unalterable truth of the twice-born sages’ words; the sea-coast of Prabhāsa glimmers in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Candra
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can soften suffering, but the moral order expressed through dvija-vākya (the solemn word of the twice-born) is not easily overturned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative frames dharma, curse, and Śiva’s anugraha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes acceptance of dharmic consequences and the seeking of anugraha (grace).