Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अल्पसत्त्वाश्च याश्चासंस्ता गता दूषणं स्त्रियः । रुक्मिणी सत्यभामा च तथा जांबवती प्रिये

Transliteration

alpasattvāśca yāścāsaṃstā gatā dūṣaṇaṃ striyaḥ | rukmiṇī satyabhāmā ca tathā jāṃbavatī priye

Translation

สตรีผู้มีกำลังใจน้อย และผู้ตกอยู่ในความด่างพร้อยแห่งคำติฉิน ถูกพาไป; แต่รุกมินี สัตยภามา และชามพวตี โอ้ที่รัก มิได้อยู่ในหมู่นั้น

Word by Word

• अल्पसत्त्वाः: of little strength/courage
• अल्पसत्त्वाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (अल्पं सत्त्वं यस्याः/यासां)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• याः: who (those women)
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ताः: they
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• गताः: went/had gone
• गताः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• दूषणम्: to ruin/disgrace
• दूषणम्: Gati/Goal (Karma-like/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• रुक्मिणी: Rukmini
• रुक्मिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सत्यभामा: Satyabhama
• सत्यभामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यभामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Conjunctive adverb/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यत्व

• जांबवती: Jambavati
• जांबवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रिये: O dear (one)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A discriminating tableau: some women are seized in chaos, while the principal queens—Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, Jāmbavatī—stand composed, protected by their sattva, their faces serene amid turmoil.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Satyabhāmā
• Jāmbavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic Dharma links protection and stability to sattva (inner steadiness) and purity of conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the wider sacred setting; the māhātmya frames moral causality around events connected with this tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse.