Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

शक्र उवाच । शृणु यस्मान्मया रोधः कृतो वृष्टेर्हुताशन । देवापिर्नाम धर्मज्ञः क्षत्रियाणां यशस्करः

Transliteration

śakra uvāca | śṛṇu yasmānmayā rodhaḥ kṛto vṛṣṭerhutāśana | devāpirnāma dharmajñaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaśaskaraḥ

Translation

ଶକ୍ର କହିଲେ— ହେ ହୁତାଶନ, ମୁଁ ବୃଷ୍ଟିକୁ କାହିଁକି ରୋକିଲି ଶୁଣ। ଦେବାପି ନାମରେ ଜଣେ ଧର୍ମଜ୍ଞ ପୁରୁଷ ଅଛନ୍ତି, ଯିଏ କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟମାନଙ୍କର ଯଶ ବଢ଼ାନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yasmāt: because
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because/from which reason)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष; तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• rodhaḥ: obstruction/blocking
• rodhaḥ: Karta (Subject of passive/result/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kṛtaḥ: was made
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (was done/made)

• vṛṣṭeḥ: of rain
• vṛṣṭeḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• hutāśana: O Fire (Agni)
• hutāśana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• devāpiḥ: Devāpi
• devāpiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devāpi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशे (particle indicating name: ‘named’)

• dharmajñaḥ: knower of dharma
• dharmajñaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma-jña (dharma + jña प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): धर्मस्य ज्ञः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kṣatriyāṇām: of the Kṣatriyas
• kṣatriyāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• yaśaskaraḥ: bestower of fame
• yaśaskaraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśas-kara (yaśas + kara प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-प्रायः): यशः करोति इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-nirjhara (context of Devāpi episode)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agni (Hutāśana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra steps forward, speaking earnestly to Agni; the name Devāpi is introduced like a key; devas lean in, the waterfall continues as a steady witness.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Agni (Hutāśana)
• Devāpi
• Kṣatriyas
• Rain (Vṛṣṭi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rain and prosperity are tied to rājadharma and moral governance; the Purāṇas often link climatic order to ethical order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tirtha is named; the verse advances the story within Arbuda’s sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces Devāpi as a dharma-linked cause within the rain-obstruction account.