Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

शरीरमदमत्तोऽसि यस्मात्सांब हरेः सुत । अचिरेणैव कालेन शापं प्राप्स्यसि दारुणम्

Transliteration

śarīramadamatto'si yasmātsāṃba hareḥ suta | acireṇaiva kālena śāpaṃ prāpsyasi dāruṇam

Translation

โอ้ สามพะ บุตรแห่งพระหริ เพราะเจ้ามัวเมาด้วยความทะนงในกายของตน ไม่นานนักเจ้าจักได้รับคำสาปอันน่าสะพรึง

Word by Word

• शरीर-मद-मत्तः: intoxicated with pride of the body
• शरीर-मद-मत्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + मद (प्रातिपदिक) + मत्त (कृदन्त, क्त; √मद्)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/हेतुवाचक: 'शरीरस्य मदेन मत्तः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थे (because)

• साम्ब: O Sāmba
• साम्ब: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुत: O son
• सुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अचिरेण: in a short time
• अचिरेण: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कालवाचक-तृतीया (within a short time)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• कालेन: by/within time
• कालेन: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कालवाचक-तृतीया

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain/receive
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दारुणम्: terrible
• दारुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शापम् इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative destination) / Sūrya-upāsanā tradition linked to Sāmba

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada directly addresses Sāmba: the sage’s posture is firm, eyes intense; Sāmba stands proud, adorned, youthful—yet the air carries the shadow of an imminent curse.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāmba
• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bodily pride (śarīra-mada) blinds one to dharma; humility before the wise protects one from ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is praised directly; the verse functions as the ethical trigger for the later tīrtha-related resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse delivers a moral warning tied to conduct toward sages.