Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

शूद्रीसंगजपापेन भाव्यं च कृमियोनिना । मातंगीसंगमे प्रोक्तं फलं ह्यतिजुगुप्सितम्

Transliteration

śūdrīsaṃgajapāpena bhāvyaṃ ca kṛmiyoninā | mātaṃgīsaṃgame proktaṃ phalaṃ hyatijugupsitam

Translation

శూద్రీ సంగమం వల్ల పుట్టిన పాపంతో అతనికి కృమియోనిలో జన్మ విధించబడింది; మాతంగీతో సంగమ ఫలం అత్యంత జుగుప్సితమని శాస్త్రం చెబుతుంది।

Word by Word

• śūdrī-saṃga-ja-pāpena: by the sin arising from association with a Śūdrī
• śūdrī-saṃga-ja-pāpena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdrī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘śūdrī-saṃgāt jātaṃ pāpam’ = sin born from association with a Śūdrī

• bhāvyam: is to be/become
• bhāvyam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु) + yat (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘to be/become’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• kṛmi-yoninā: as (one) of worm-species / by worm-birth
• kṛmi-yoninā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛmi (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘kṛmeḥ yoniḥ’ = womb/species of worms; instrumental ‘as/through worm-birth’

• mātaṃgī-saṃgame: in (the case of) association with Mātaṅgī
• mātaṃgī-saṃgame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātaṃgī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘mātaṃgyāḥ saṃgamaḥ’ = in the association with Mātaṅgī

• proktam: is declared
• proktam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• phalam: result, fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• ati-jugupsitam: extremely disgusting/detestable
• ati-jugupsitam: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + jugupsita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्ग/अव्ययपूर्वक विशेषण: ‘exceedingly detestable’; ‘phalam’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dilīpa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Didactic tableau: a human figure bound by dark cords labeled ‘pāpa’, with a worm emerging from earth as symbol of degraded rebirth; sages in the background pronouncing consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma literature frames certain actions as producing degrading rebirths, urging restraint, purity of conduct, and repentance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding section is Dvārakā Māhātmya, but this verse itself focuses on karmic causality rather than a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it states consequences (phala) as a moral warning.