Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

मुशलोलूखले स्त्रीणामास्या तद्वदुदुंबरे । भाषणं कटुकं चैव तत्र देवि स्थितिस्तव

Transliteration

muśalolūkhale strīṇāmāsyā tadvaduduṃbare | bhāṣaṇaṃ kaṭukaṃ caiva tatra devi sthitistava

Translation

ในสากและครก ในปากของสตรีทั้งหลาย และในต้นอุทุมพร (มะเดื่อ) เช่นกัน; และที่ใดวาจาหยาบคายขมขื่น—ข้าแต่เทวี ที่นั่นคือที่สถิตของพระองค์

Word by Word

• muśala-olūkhale: in the pestle and mortar
• muśala-olūkhale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक) + olūkhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (समाहारद्वन्द्व)

• strīṇām: of women
• strīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• āsyāḥ: of the mouth
• āsyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• tadvat: likewise
• tadvat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय/तद्वत्)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'likewise')

• uduṃbare: in the udumbara (fig tree)
• uduṃbare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uduṃbara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• bhāṣaṇam: speech
• bhāṣaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• kaṭukam: harsh, bitter
• kaṭukam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaṭuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhāṣaṇam इति)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

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

• sthitiḥ: abode, staying
• sthitiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

Speaker

Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic courtyard with an udumbara tree; women near a mortar and pestle; a scene of harsh words (open mouths, tense gestures); the goddess presence indicated at the mortar, at the mouth, and within the tree as a tripartite motif.

Characters & Entities

• Udumbara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harsh speech and coarse domestic habits are depicted as signs of degraded spiritual atmosphere; restraint and gentleness are dharmic protections.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), in the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the practical discipline implied is purification of speech and conduct in the household.