Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

मृग्युवाच । न विषादस्त्वया कार्यो राजञ्च्छ्रुत्वा मयोदितम् । इतस्त्वं सप्तमे स्थाने कलिंगाधिपतेः सुतः

Transliteration

mṛgyuvāca | na viṣādastvayā kāryo rājañcchrutvā mayoditam | itastvaṃ saptame sthāne kaliṃgādhipateḥ sutaḥ

Translation

มฤคยูตรัสว่า: “ข้าแต่พระราชา อย่าได้เศร้าโศกเลยเมื่อได้ฟังถ้อยคำของเรา จากนี้ไปในชาติที่เจ็ด พระองค์จักบังเกิดเป็นพระโอรสแห่งผู้ครองกาลิงคะ”

Word by Word

• मृगी: the doe (Mṛgī)
• मृगी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• विषादः: despondency; grief
• विषादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम्

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (कर्तृ/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (instrumental), एकवचनम्

• कार्यः: to be done; should be done
• कार्यः: Pradhana-visheshana (प्रधान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicative: ‘to be done’)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (vocative), एकवचनम्

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having heard)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (कर्तृ/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (instrumental), एकवचनम्

• उदितम्: what was said
• उदितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + वद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘उदितम्’ (spoken/said)

• इतस्: from here; henceforth
• इतस्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb), अपादानार्थकः (from here/thereafter)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम्

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् ‘स्थाने’

• स्थाने: in (the) place; position
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), एकवचनम्

• कलिंगाधिपतेः: of the ruler of Kaliṅga
• कलिंगाधिपतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्ग + अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive), एकवचनम्

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mṛgyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mṛgyu addresses a worried king, raising a hand in reassurance; behind them, a sacred grove/temple edge suggests the tīrtha setting; the king’s posture shifts from grief to attention as prophecy is spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛgyu
• Kaliṅga
• king (rājan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic outcomes unfold across births; despair is discouraged when dharma and time still offer transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa region), though this verse focuses on future birth rather than a rite at the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse conveys consoling instruction and a karmic forecast.