Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

प्रगृह्य सशरं चापं वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह । नालापो युज्यते पाप कर्तुं सह मम त्वया

Transliteration

pragṛhya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ vākyametaduvāca ha | nālāpo yujyate pāpa kartuṃ saha mama tvayā

Translation

ਤੀਰਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਧਨੁਸ਼ ਚੁੱਕ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਬਚਨ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਹੇ ਪਾਪੀ! ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੋਭਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ; ਤੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਤਾਂ ਕੇਵਲ ਕਰਤੱਬ—ਯੁੱਧ ਹੀ ਯੋਗ ਹੈ।”

Word by Word

• प्रगृह्य: having taken up
• प्रगृह्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'प्रगृह्य' = having seized/taken up

• स-शरम्: with arrows
• स-शरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-प्रातिपदिक) + शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—सह-शर (सह-तत्पुरुष: 'with arrows')

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'वाक्यम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ह: indeed/then
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/quotative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• आलापः: conversation/speech
• आलापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युज्यते: is appropriate/fits
• युज्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—'is fitting'

• पाप: O sinner/wretch
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त-इन्फिनिटिव (infinitive), 'to do/make'

• सह: with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः, सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपपद (with)

• मम: of me/with me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame) / Arbuda-parvata (section)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess grips a bow already strung, arrows ready; she declares that talk is unfit—only combat. The antagonist is confronted by her blazing resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma ripens, mere words cannot avert consequence; divine justice proceeds through decisive action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred-region context remains the frame; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.