Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

वेश्यासक्ताश्च संभ्रांता सर्वलोकबहिष्कृताः । देवद्रव्यविनाशाय भविष्यथ कलौ युगे

Transliteration

veśyāsaktāśca saṃbhrāṃtā sarvalokabahiṣkṛtāḥ | devadravyavināśāya bhaviṣyatha kalau yuge

Translation

“พวกเจ้าหลงติดหญิงคณิกา สับสนหลงผิดในศีลธรรม ถูกผู้คนทั้งปวงขับไล่ ในกาลียุคพวกเจ้าจักเป็นเหตุให้ทรัพย์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของเทพ (เทวทรัพย์) เสื่อมสูญ”

Word by Word

• वेश्यासक्ताः: addicted to prostitutes
• वेश्यासक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेश्या (प्रातिपदिक) + सक्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, √सञ्ज्/सज् (धातु) ‘आसक्तौ’ )
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; ‘वेश्यायाम् आसक्ताः’ इति षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषसमासः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• संभ्रान्ताः: confused, agitated
• संभ्रान्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संभ्रान्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, √भ्रम् (धातु) ‘भ्रान्तौ’ उपसर्गः सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्

• सर्वलोकबहिष्कृताः: outcast by all people
• सर्वलोकबहिष्कृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिष्कृत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, √कृ (धातु) ‘करणे’ उपसर्गः बहिस्/बहिः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘सर्वैः लोकैः बहिष्कृताः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषसमासः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्

• देवद्रव्यविनाशाय: for the destruction of divine property
• देवद्रव्यविनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (4th/Dative), एकवचनम्; ‘देवानां द्रव्यस्य विनाशः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः; प्रयोजनार्थे चतुर्थी

• भविष्यथ: you (pl.) will become
• भविष्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु) ‘सत्तायाम्’
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Devī (curse continued; reported by narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The cursed ascetics (ṛṣis)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The curse intensifies: the ascetics will become attached to courtesans, bewildered, rejected by society, and will act toward the destruction of sacred property in Kali-yuga.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Devadravya (temple wealth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misuse of sacred resources and immoral behavior leads to social rejection and spiritual downfall, especially emphasized as a Kali-yuga trait.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra serves as the authoritative setting for teaching protection of devadravya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it functions as a dharmic warning to safeguard temple property.