Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

हरिणा तु समाख्यातं लक्ष्म्याः शापस्य कारणम् । युवतीनां च सर्वासां शापस्तासां पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

hariṇā tu samākhyātaṃ lakṣmyāḥ śāpasya kāraṇam | yuvatīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ śāpastāsāṃ pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

Hari kemudian menjelaskan sebab terjadinya sumpahan Lakṣmī, dan juga menerangkan pelbagai sumpahan yang menimpa semua gadis muda itu, masing-masing secara tersendiri.

Word by Word

• hariṇā: by Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariṇā: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• samākhyātam: was explained
• samākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√khyā (ख्या, धातु) → samākhyāta (कृदन्त/ppp)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was explained/told’

• lakṣmyāḥ: of Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

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

• kāraṇam: the cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yuvatīnām: of the young women
• yuvatīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (युवतीनाम्)

• śāpaḥ: the curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tāsām: of them
• tāsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• pṛthak-pṛthak: separately, individually
• pṛthak-pṛthak: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (distributive adverb)

Speaker

Narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual; likely Sūta relating the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari (Viṣṇu) in calm teaching posture explains to an attentive audience the origin of Lakṣmī’s curse and the distinct curses of various young women; the women appear in separate vignettes, each marked by a different symbolic sign of her particular śāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Lakṣmī
• Yuvatī(s)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Paurāṇic narratives often explain present conditions through moral causality (śāpa and its reasons).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking the story to Prabhāsa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces an explanatory narrative about curses.