Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

दक्षस्य यज्ञे ते शप्ताः पूर्वं स्वायंभुवेन्तरे । जाता देवि पुनस्ते वै कल्पेस्मिंश्चाक्षुषे गते

Transliteration

dakṣasya yajñe te śaptāḥ pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuventare | jātā devi punaste vai kalpesmiṃścākṣuṣe gate

Translation

ସ୍ୱାୟମ୍ଭୁବ ମନ୍ୱନ୍ତରରେ ଦକ୍ଷଙ୍କ ଯଜ୍ଞରେ ତୁମେ ପୂର୍ବେ ଶପ୍ତ ହୋଇଥିଲ। କିନ୍ତୁ ହେ ଦେବୀ, ଚାକ୍ଷୁଷ ମନ୍ୱନ୍ତର ଅତିକ୍ରାନ୍ତ ହେଲାପରେ ଏହି କଳ୍ପରେ ତୁମେ ପୁନଃ ଜନ୍ମ ନେଇଛ।

Word by Word

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Dakṣa’

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the sacrifice’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘they’

• शप्ताः: were cursed
• शप्ताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘cursed’

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक (adverb: ‘formerly/earlier’)

• स्वायम्भुव-अन्तरे: in the Svāyambhuva (Manvantara)
• स्वायम्भुव-अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वायम्भुव + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Svāyambhuva manvantara’; समासः: स्वायम्भुवस्य अन्तरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘born’

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — ‘O goddess’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Time/sequence/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: ‘again’)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘they’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निश्चयार्थक (indeed)

• कल्पे: in the kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in (this) kalpa’

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Visheshana (Demonstrative qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in this’ (agreeing with कल्पे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• चाक्षुषे: in the Cākṣuṣa (Manvantara)
• चाक्षुषे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाक्षुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the Cākṣuṣa (manvantara)’

• गते: when it had come/elapsed
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘when (it) had come/elapsed’; locative absolute with (कल्पे/चाक्षुषे)

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator addressing Devī/Varānanā within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’, ‘priye’, ‘suvrate’ across adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic remembrance of Dakṣa’s sacrifice: a grand yajña-śālā with disturbed fire, tense devas and ṛṣis, the shadow of a curse falling; then a calmer panel showing rebirth across manvantara time, with a goddess figure addressed respectfully.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa-yajña
• Svāyambhuva Manvantara
• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic history frames suffering and rebirth as part of cosmic order; even curses unfold within dharma and time-cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa/Prabhāsapattana region), though this verse itself focuses on cosmic chronology.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is primarily narrative and chronological.