Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

रविरुवाच । असंशयं महत्पुत्र भविष्यत्यत्र कारणम् । येन ते ह्याविशत्क्रोधो धर्मज्ञस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

raviruvāca | asaṃśayaṃ mahatputra bhaviṣyatyatra kāraṇam | yena te hyāviśatkrodho dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

พระรวิ (สุริยะ) ตรัสว่า: “โอรสเอ๋ย แน่นอนย่อมมีเหตุอันยิ่งใหญ่อยู่เบื้องหลังนี้ เพราะเหตุใดโทสะจึงเข้าครอบงำเจ้า ทั้งที่เจ้าเป็นมหาตมันและผู้รู้ธรรมะ”

Word by Word

• रविः: Ravi (Sun)
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया; अव्ययीभावेन (adverbial: without doubt)

• महत्: O great (one)
• महत्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place: here)

• कारणम्: cause/reason
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• ते: your/to you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (emphatic particle: indeed)

• आविशत्: entered/possessed
• आविशत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• धर्मज्ञस्य: of the knower of dharma
• धर्मज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Ravi (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: his son (contextual; within the Saṃjñā–Chāyā lineage narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn dialogue: Sūrya (Ravi) addressing his son with compassionate gravity, questioning the extraordinary cause of anger in a dharma-knower; the setting evokes a sacred coastal tīrtha atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger has a deeper cause; dharma requires inquiry into root impulses and correction through wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dialogue is preserved within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, linking ethical teaching to the sacred fame of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a reflective inquiry into the cause of anger within the narrative.