Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

शिक्षार्थं त्विह लोकानामेवं मे देवि चेष्टितम् । मन्मायया समाविष्टः कुरुते विवशः पुमान् । पश्य कोपपरीतात्मा यः स शान्तो मुनीश्वरः

Transliteration

śikṣārthaṃ tviha lokānāmevaṃ me devi ceṣṭitam | manmāyayā samāviṣṭaḥ kurute vivaśaḥ pumān | paśya kopaparītātmā yaḥ sa śānto munīśvaraḥ

Translation

เพื่อสั่งสอนหมู่ชนในโลกนี้ โอ้เทวี เราจึงแสดงการกระทำเช่นนี้ มนุษย์เมื่อถูกมายาของเราครอบงำย่อมกระทำไปอย่างไร้ทางเลือก จงดูเถิด—ผู้ที่จิตถูกโทสะครอบงำอยู่นี้ แท้จริงคือมุนีศวรผู้สงบองค์นั้น

Word by Word

• śikṣā-artham: for instruction
• śikṣā-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उद्देश्य-भाव (purpose sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• lokānām: of the people/worlds
• lokānām: Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• devi: O goddess/lady
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ceṣṭitam: conduct/act
• ceṣṭitam: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• mat-māyayā: by my māyā
• mat-māyayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (my + māyā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• samāviṣṭaḥ: entered/possessed
• samāviṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-viś (धातु) > samāviṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• kurute: does
• kurute: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• vivaśaḥ: helpless
• vivaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vivaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• pumān: a man/person
• pumān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān/puman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• paśya: see/behold
• paśya: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• kopa-parīta-ātmā: one whose mind is overcome by anger
• kopa-parīta-ātmā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + parīta (कृदन्त, क्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (possessive: whose self is surrounded by anger), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Correlative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (demonstrative), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• śāntaḥ: calm
• śāntaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त from śam)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• muni-īśvaraḥ: lord among sages
• muni-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord of sages), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Govinda (Śrī Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa reveals the meta-level: ‘I acted thus to teach the world.’ A sage figure is shown outwardly angry, yet an aura of serenity surrounds him, indicating inner śānti; māyā is visualized as a subtle veil entering the human mind.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• Devī
• Māyā
• Durvāsā (implied)
• Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches that even exalted persons can appear overcome by emotions due to Māyā, and that divine līlā can serve as moral instruction for the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the Māhātmya setting; the episode is framed to magnify the sacredness of the Lord’s abode and its instructive divine narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on ethical-spiritual instruction (śikṣā) rather than a specific vrata.