Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

वरः शापश्च तस्यायं पुरा दत्तो यथा द्विजैः

Transliteration

varaḥ śāpaśca tasyāyaṃ purā datto yathā dvijaiḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แล คือพรและคำสาปที่ครั้งก่อนบรรดาฤๅษีพราหมณ์ได้ประทานแก่สิ่งนั้นตามที่เป็นมา

Word by Word

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• शापः: a curse
• शापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

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

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Deictic/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• पुरा: formerly, long ago
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb): ‘पूर्वम्’

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; (वरः/शापः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/उपमान/according as)

• द्विजैः: by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vāḍava-tejas related)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of austere brahmin sages in a forested hermitage pronounce a boon and a curse; in the distance, the ocean at Prabhāsa glows with hidden fire, linking their words to the coastal tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijas (brahmin sages)
• boon (vara)
• curse (śāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha-glories often rest on sacred history—boons and curses shape how rites must be performed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative arc explaining special features of its waters/rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it introduces an explanatory backstory (vara/śāpa) behind earlier ritual cautions.