Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कन्या च यत्र वै वल्ली रोहीनाम जटी गृहे । अगस्त्य पादपो वापि बंधुजीवो गृहेषु वै

Transliteration

kanyā ca yatra vai vallī rohīnāma jaṭī gṛhe | agastya pādapo vāpi baṃdhujīvo gṛheṣu vai

Translation

และเรือนใดมีเถาวัลย์ชื่อกัญญา หรือพืชชื่อโรหีที่เป็นพุ่มยุ่งคล้ายชฎา หรือมีต้นชื่ออคัสตยะ หรือมีพืชชื่อพันธุชีวะอยู่ในบ้าน—เรือนนั้นก็นับว่าเหมาะแก่ฤทธิ์เช่นนั้น

Word by Word

• कन्या: a maiden; (plant-name) Kanyā
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वल्ली: a creeper; (plant-name) Vallī
• वल्ली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रोहीनाम: Rohīnāma (a plant-name)
• रोहीनाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहीनाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम-शब्द (proper name/plant-name)

• जटी: Jaṭī (a plant-name)
• जटी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अगस्त्य: Agastya (plant-name)
• अगस्त्य: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम-शब्द (proper/plant-name)

• पादपः: a tree
• पादपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• बंधुजीवः: Bandhujīva (a plant)
• बंधुजीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधुजीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम-शब्द (plant-name)

• गृहेषु: in (the) houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtyard house with specific plants growing near inner walls—creepers and shrubs labeled by tradition—while faint bhūta presences linger in shaded corners, suggesting a nimitta-based warning rather than overt horror.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya (as plant-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text uses traditional omen-lore: certain domestic conditions (including particular plants) are framed as signs of an inauspicious, spirit-prone atmosphere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is taught; it continues an omen-based description of household conditions.