Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तुष्टो ददासि वै राज्यं रुष्टो हरसि तत्क्षणात् । देवासुरमनुष्याश्च पशुपक्षिसरीसृपाः

Transliteration

tuṣṭo dadāsi vai rājyaṃ ruṣṭo harasi tatkṣaṇāt | devāsuramanuṣyāśca paśupakṣisarīsṛpāḥ

Translation

เมื่อท่านพอพระทัย ท่านย่อมประทานราชอำนาจ; เมื่อท่านกริ้ว ท่านก็ฉกชิงไปในบัดดล. เทวดา อสูร มนุษย์—ทั้งสัตว์ นก และสัตว์เลื้อยคลาน—(ล้วนอยู่ในอำนาจท่าน).

Word by Word

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; √तुष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण—‘सन्तुष्टः’

• ददासि: you give
• ददासि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अवधारणार्थक (particle of emphasis)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रुष्टः: angered
• रुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुष्ट (कृदन्त; √रुष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण—‘क्रुद्धः’

• हरसि: you take away
• हरसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्यय—‘तत्क्षणात्’ = तत्क्षणे/तत्क्षणात् (immediately)

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अवयव (member of compound)

• असुर: demons
• असुर: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अवयव

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अवयव

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

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अवयव

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अवयव

• सरीसृपाः: reptiles/creeping creatures
• सरीसृपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरीसृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अवयव

Speaker

Narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tableau of beings—devas, asuras, humans, animals, birds, reptiles—arranged in concentric bands, all under the shadow of Śani’s gaze; a king receiving a crown on one side and another king losing it on the other, illustrating instant reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Humans

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and status are unstable under karma; dharma, humility, and restraint are the safeguards against sudden reversal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya frames worldly rise and fall within sacred geography and moral causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the verse motivates propitiation through worship and ethical living rather than detailing a specific rite.