Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

वरः शापश्च तस्यायं पुरा दत्तो यथा द्विजैः

Transliteration

varaḥ śāpaśca tasyāyaṃ purā datto yathā dvijaiḥ

Translation

Demikianlah anugerah dan sumpahannya, sebagaimana dahulu para resi Brahmana telah mengurniakannya.

Word by Word

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• शापः: a curse
• शापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Deictic/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• पुरा: formerly, long ago
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb): ‘पूर्वम्’

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; (वरः/शापः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/उपमान/according as)

• द्विजैः: by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vāḍava-tejas related)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of austere brahmin sages in a forested hermitage pronounce a boon and a curse; in the distance, the ocean at Prabhāsa glows with hidden fire, linking their words to the coastal tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijas (brahmin sages)
• boon (vara)
• curse (śāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha-glories often rest on sacred history—boons and curses shape how rites must be performed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative arc explaining special features of its waters/rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it introduces an explanatory backstory (vara/śāpa) behind earlier ritual cautions.