Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

प्रमुञ्च उवाच । ऋतवागिति विख्यातस्तपस्वी रेवतीं प्रति । चकार कोपं क्रुद्धेन तेनर्क्षं तन्निपातितम्

Transliteration

pramuñca uvāca | ṛtavāgiti vikhyātastapasvī revatīṃ prati | cakāra kopaṃ kruddhena tenarkṣaṃ tannipātitam

Translation

ปรมุญจะกล่าวว่า: ฤตวาก ฤๅษีผู้มีตบะเลื่องชื่อ เมื่อเกี่ยวเนื่องกับเรวตีได้บังเกิดโทสะ; ด้วยความพิโรธนั้นท่านทำให้หมู่นักษัตรนั้นตกลงมา

Word by Word

• प्रमुञ्चः: Pramuñca
• प्रमुञ्चः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमुञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ऋतवाक्: Ṛtavāk (truth-speaker)
• ऋतवाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत + वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (ऋता वाक् यस्य/ऋता वाक् = truthful speech)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय (quotative)

• विख्यातः: renowned
• विख्यातः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ṛtavāk/tapasvī)

• तपस्वी: ascetic
• तपस्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रेवतीम्: Revatī
• रेवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards/against
• प्रति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition), प्रति-अर्थ (towards/against)

• चकार: made/did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रुद्धेन: by the enraged (one)
• क्रुद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tena)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ऋक्षम्: the star/constellation
• ऋक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (referring to the event/result)

• निपातितम्: was made to fall/was cast down
• निपातितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle, causative sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (caused to fall)

Speaker

Pramuñca

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce ascetic Ṛtavāk, eyes blazing with wrath, utters a potent curse; above him a star-cluster (nakṣatra) trembles and falls like a flaming fragment from the night sky, while onlookers recoil in fear.

Characters & Entities

• Pramuñca
• Ṛtavāk
• Revatī
• Revatī-nakṣatra (ṛkṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas (austerity) is portrayed as potent, but anger (krodha) can redirect that power toward disruption, warning against uncontrolled emotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The legend is embedded in the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa, linking cosmic events to sacred-place narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse explains a mythic cause affecting nakṣatra availability for marriage timing.