Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सा श्रुत्वा विस्मयं वाक्यं भृशं रोषपरायणा । अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यं भृकुटी कुटिलानना

Transliteration

sā śrutvā vismayaṃ vākyaṃ bhṛśaṃ roṣaparāyaṇā | abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ bhṛkuṭī kuṭilānanā

Translation

ครั้นได้ยินถ้อยคำอันน่าพิศวงนั้น นางก็เอนเอียงสู่ความพิโรธอย่างยิ่ง ด้วยคิ้วขมวดและพักตร์เคร่ง นางกล่าววาจาแข็งกร้าว

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• भृशम्: greatly, intensely
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• रोषपरायणा: intent on anger, anger-driven
• रोषपरायणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सा)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• परुषम्: harsh
• परुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाक्यम्)

• वाक्यम्: words/speech
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• भृकुटी: (she) with a frown; frowning one
• भृकुटी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृकुटी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; उपाधि/नाम (appositional to सा)

• कुटिलानना: with a crooked/contorted face
• कुटिलानना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुटिल (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सा/भृकुटी)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess, astonished and offended, her brow knotted, turns stern; her words cut sharply as the atmosphere tightens—an intimate divine quarrel charged with power.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives use emotion to signal transformation: the turning of wrath becomes the doorway to tapas and sanctification of a place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It sets up Devī’s movement toward Prabhāsakṣetra, where her tapas will establish local sacredness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; it is a narrative lead-in to austerity and worship.