Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तापत्रयांत पापानि कुर्वंतो वृष्णयस्तथा । अद्विषन्ब्राह्मणांश्चापि पितॄन्देवांस्तथैव च

Transliteration

tāpatrayāṃta pāpāni kurvaṃto vṛṣṇayastathā | adviṣanbrāhmaṇāṃścāpi pitṝndevāṃstathaiva ca

Translation

เมื่อถูกบีบคั้นด้วยทุกข์สามประการ เหล่าวฤษณีก็กระทำกรรมบาป; ทว่าเขามิได้ชิงชังพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย มิได้ชิงชังปิตฤ (บรรพชน) และมิได้ชิงชังเทวะทั้งหลายด้วย

Word by Word

• तापत्रयात्: from the threefold suffering
• तापत्रयात्: Apadana (Source/अपा दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताप + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) ‘तापत्रय’ (threefold suffering) + पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कुर्वन्तः: doing/committing
• कुर्वन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वृष्णयः: the Vrishnis
• वृष्णयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अद्विषन्: not hating
• अद्विषन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ) ‘अ-द्विषन्’ = not hating; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (contextually with वृष्णयः)

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• पितॄन्: forefathers
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवान्: gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Vṛṣṇis, burdened by the threefold miseries, slip into sinful actions; yet they still show reverence—no hatred—toward brāhmaṇas, ancestors, and gods, creating a poignant moral contrast.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣṇi
• Brāhmaṇa
• Pitṛ
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid decline, reverence for Brāhmaṇas, Devas, and Pitṛs is upheld as a core dharmic anchor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharmic ideals are contrasted with the approaching calamity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, continued honoring of Devas and Pitṛs (devapūjā and śrāddha) and respect for Brāhmaṇas, though no specific rite is detailed.