Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

अस्माकमेव हृदयमनेन वचसा त्वया । निर्दग्धं येन तस्मात्त्वमचिराद्दाहमाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

asmākameva hṛdayamanena vacasā tvayā | nirdagdhaṃ yena tasmāttvamacirāddāhamāpsyasi

Translation

“Dengan kata-kata inilah engkau telah menghanguskan hati kami; maka tidak lama lagi engkau juga akan menemui pembakaran.”

Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वचसा: by (your) speech/words
• वचसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• निर्दग्धम्: burnt/scorched
• निर्दग्धम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्- (उपसर्ग) + दह् (धातु) → दग्ध (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (kta); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (हृदयम्) इत्यस्य विधेय

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Logical connector/हेतु-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: हेतौ (therefore), तदर्थक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• अचिरात्: soon
• अचिरात्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अचिरात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb), पञ्चमी-अर्थे (soon)

• दाहम्: burning/torment
• दाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्स्यसि: you will obtain/experience
• आप्स्यसि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sarasvatī

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Words carry karmic force; causing pain through speech returns as suffering—dharma demands compassionate and truthful speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where moral causality and divine justice are illustrated within the sacred geography narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the focus is on moral conduct (ācāra), especially avoiding speech that burns others’ hearts.