Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तां त्यक्त्वा मुनिपत्नीनामाह्लादं कुरुते कथम् । तया रुद्रो हि विज्ञप्त ऋषीणां कुर्वनुग्रहम्

Transliteration

tāṃ tyaktvā munipatnīnāmāhlādaṃ kurute katham | tayā rudro hi vijñapta ṛṣīṇāṃ kurvanugraham

Translation

ତାକୁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ସେ ମୁନିପତ୍ନୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ କିପରି ଆନନ୍ଦ କରିବ? ନିଶ୍ଚୟ, ତାଙ୍କର ଅନୁରୋଧରେ ରୁଦ୍ର ଋଷିମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅନୁଗ୍ରହ କରିଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• tām: her/that (woman)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वकाल

• muni-patnīnām: of the sages' wives
• muni-patnīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (munīnām patnyaḥ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• āhlādam: delight
• āhlādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• kurute: produces, gives
• kurute: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• katham: how?
• katham: Sambandha/Avyaya (Question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (by her)

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis

• vijñaptaḥ: informed, requested
• vijñaptaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate complement/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñap (धातु) → vijñapta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate of rudraḥ (having been informed/requested)

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• ṛṣīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• kurvan: doing, performing
• kurvan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Concomitant action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kurvat (शतृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with rudraḥ; simultaneous action

• anugraham: favor, grace
• anugraham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disputant asserts that Rudra’s engagement was prompted by her (Umā/Pārvatī) request, specifically to favor the sages; the scene suggests a divine court where compassion overrides suspicion.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• munipatnī (wives of sages)
• ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine actions may be misread; the purāṇas urge trust in Rudra’s compassion and higher purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Rudra’s anugraha becomes part of the site’s sacred narrative memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse clarifies motive and grace within the story.