Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पुरा कामो मया दग्धो यदा तत्र वरानने । तदा रतिः समागम्य विललाप सुदुःखिता

Transliteration

purā kāmo mayā dagdho yadā tatra varānane | tadā ratiḥ samāgamya vilalāpa suduḥkhitā

Translation

กาลก่อน โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม เมื่อเราบันดาลเผากามเทพ ณ ที่นั้น นางรตีได้มาสู่เบื้องหน้าเรา แล้วคร่ำครวญด้วยความทุกข์อันยิ่งใหญ่

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly; once
• पुरा: Adhikarana/Time (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कामः: Kāma (Cupid)
• कामः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दग्धः: was burnt
• दग्धः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ‘burnt’

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana/Time (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal conjunction) ‘when’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana/Time (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• रतिः: Rati
• रतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• समागम्य: having come
• समागम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); उपसर्ग: सम्-आ-; ‘having come/approached’

• विललाप: lamented
• विललाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: वि-

• सुदुःखिता: very sorrowful
• सुदुःखिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुःखित (दुःख + त, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सु-दुःखिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); रति-विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva recalls the moment after Kāma’s burning; Rati approaches, grief-stricken, lamenting before the Lord in a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma (Kāmadeva)
• Rati
• Mahādevī (addressed as varānane)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire is subdued by divine tapas and grace; yet compassion remains central as the divine responds to suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is given to explain a Prabhāsakṣetra-linked manifestation (Kṛtasmaradeva), though this verse itself names the event rather than the spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative recollection introducing the tīrtha’s origin story.