Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

सावित्र्युवाच । भोभोः शक्र त्वयानीता आभीरी ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिकम् । यस्मादीदृक्कृतं कर्म तस्मात्त्वं लप्स्यसे फलम्

Transliteration

sāvitryuvāca | bhobhoḥ śakra tvayānītā ābhīrī brahmaṇo'ntikam | yasmādīdṛkkṛtaṃ karma tasmāttvaṃ lapsyase phalam

Translation

သာဝိထရီက ပြော၏။ «ဟေ့ ရှက္ရ (ဣန္ဒြ)၊ ဗြဟ္မာအနီးသို့ အာဘီရီ (နွားကျောင်းမ) ကို ခေါ်ဆောင်လာသူမှာ သင်ပင် ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤသို့သော အမှုကို ဖြစ်စေခဲ့သဖြင့် သင်သည် ထို၏ အကျိုးကို ခံရမည်»

Word by Word

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• bhobhoḥ: O! O!
• bhobhoḥ: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक निपात (द्विरुक्त) — Vocative particle (O! O!)

• śakra: O Śakra
• śakra: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular

• ānītā: was brought
• ānītā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-nī (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ābhīrī: the Ābhīrī woman
• ābhīrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābhīrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• antikam: near (presence)
• antikam: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object/गति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (as goal)

• yasmāt: because/from which
• yasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Ablative, Singular

• īdṛk: such
• īdṛk: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्/प्रातिपदिक (तादृशार्थ), समासपूर्वपद in compound — Indeclinable-like adjective ‘such’

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तान्त विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP adjectival, Neuter, Nominative, Singular (qualifying karma)

• karma: deed/act
• karma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Ablative, Singular

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative, Singular

• lapsyase: you will obtain
• lapsyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Future, 2nd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī, dignified and stern, addresses Śakra (Indra) with accusatory clarity; a distant suggestion of Brahmā’s presence or court is implied; the moment is a moral indictment rather than physical action.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Śakra (Indra)
• Brahmā
• Ābhīrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma is inescapable: those who enable wrongdoing share responsibility and receive corresponding results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, tying ethical causality to the sacred landscape’s teaching tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse states karmic consequence (phala) through a curse.