Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तिर्यग्योन्यां समुत्पन्नः कृपणः शशको ह्ययम् । अस्माभिः स्पर्द्धते तस्मात्ततो भयमुपस्थितम्

Transliteration

tiryagyonyāṃ samutpannaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ śaśako hyayam | asmābhiḥ sparddhate tasmāttato bhayamupasthitam

Translation

กระต่ายผู้น่าสงสารนี้เกิดในครรภ์สัตว์เดรัจฉาน แต่กลับกล้าประลองกับพวกเรา; เพราะเหตุนั้นความหวาดกลัวจึงบังเกิดขึ้นแก่พวกเราเพราะมัน

Word by Word

• तिर्यग्योन्याम्: in an animal womb/species
• तिर्यग्योन्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिर्यक् (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तिर्यग्-योनिः); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• समुत्पन्नः: born/arisen
• समुत्पन्नः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि

• कृपणः: wretched/pitiable
• कृपणः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (शशकस्य)

• शशकः: the hare
• शशकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• अस्माभिः: with us/by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• स्पर्द्धते: competes with
• स्पर्द्धते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पर्ध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative cause/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभाववत् (ablative adverbial: therefore/from that)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थे/हेतौ अव्यय

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• उपस्थितम्: has arisen/come
• उपस्थितम्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (भयस्य)

Speaker

Tridaśas (Devas), in narrative dialogue

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirers / ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of devas or celestial beings reacting with alarm and indignation to a small hare; the hare stands boldly, suggesting a karmic or tīrtha-born empowerment.

Characters & Entities

• Tridaśa (Devas)
• Śaśaka (hare)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride and rivalry can create fear even among the powerful; humility is a key purāṇic virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it is narrative setup within the site’s māhātmya.