Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

तवापचारो नैवास्य मातुर्नापि कुलस्य च । अन्यद्दौःशील्यहेतुत्वं रेवत्यंत उपागतम्

Transliteration

tavāpacāro naivāsya māturnāpi kulasya ca | anyaddauḥśīlyahetutvaṃ revatyaṃta upāgatam

Translation

“Ini bukan kerana kesalahanmu, bukan juga kesalahan ibunya, dan bukan pula kesalahan keturunan. Sesungguhnya, punca kelakuan buruk itu datang daripada persambungan penghujung Revatī.”

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अपचारः: offence, misconduct
• अपचारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Modifier (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic/only)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Modifier (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (also/even)

• कुलस्य: of the family/lineage
• कुलस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यत्: another, different
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दौःशील्य-हेतुत्वम्: being the cause of bad conduct
• दौःशील्य-हेतुत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौःशील्य (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive-determinative): 'दौःशील्यस्य हेतुत्वम्'

• रेवती-अन्ते: at the end of Revatī (nakṣatra)
• रेवती-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) 'अन्त' शब्दः; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'रेवत्याः अन्ते'

• उपागतम्: has occurred/has come about
• उपागतम्: Predicate (विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-आ-गम् (धातु) → उपागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Garga

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the householder (father)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garga reassures the father: a calming hand gesture, the mother present but relieved; the child in the background; a symbolic star-junction motif indicates the Revatī-ending cause.

Characters & Entities

• Garga
• Revatī (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma discourages unjust blame; it redirects inquiry from accusation to understanding the larger forces of kāla and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on time-junction causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated here; it is a doctrinal clarification about causation.