Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अथ ते मुनयो दृष्ट्वा विकृतिं दारसंभवाम् । अजानन्तो महादेवं रुष्टास्तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā vikṛtiṃ dārasaṃbhavām | ajānanto mahādevaṃ ruṣṭāstasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Lalu para muni itu, melihat keanehan yang timbul kerana urusan isteri, dan tidak mengenali bahawa Dia ialah Mahādeva, menjadi murka terhadap insan berhati agung itu.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequence particle: 'then')

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having seen'

• vikṛtim: distortion/aberration
• vikṛtim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dārasaṃbhavām: arising from (their) wives
• dārasaṃbhavām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāra + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'arising from wives' (qualifying vikṛtim)

• ajānantaḥ: not knowing
• ajānantaḥ: Karta (Descriptive/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ) with negation a-; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mahādevam: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: mahā + deva

• ruṣṭāḥ: angered
• ruṣṭāḥ: Karta (State/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √ruṣ धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tasya: at him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: mahā + ātman

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājarṣi

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, seeing their wives’ altered demeanor, misread the situation; their brows knit, hands tense around kamaṇḍalus and daṇḍas, while the disguised Śiva remains calm and inscrutable.

Characters & Entities

• munayaḥ
• Mahādeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Judging by appearances and failing to recognize divinity can lead even ascetics into error; humility and discernment are central to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider episode belongs to Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbuda/Ārbuḍa, associated with the Mount Abu sacred landscape) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears in this verse; it sets up the narrative cause for subsequent sacred actions concerning the liṅga.