Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

स्वस्यां सुतायामूढायां पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यसि । एवं शप्त्वा महादेवो ययौ कैलासपर्वतम्

Transliteration

svasyāṃ sutāyāmūḍhāyāṃ putramutpādayiṣyasi | evaṃ śaptvā mahādevo yayau kailāsaparvatam

Translation

“กับธิดาของตนผู้หลงผิดนั้น เจ้าจักให้กำเนิดบุตรชาย” ครั้นสาปดังนี้แล้ว พระมหาเทวะเสด็จไปยังเขาไกลาส

Word by Word

• स्वस्याम्: in your own
• स्वस्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्व-शब्द (own)

• सुतायाम्: in (your) daughter
• सुतायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मूढायाम्: deluded
• मूढायाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (सुतायाम् इति)

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्पादयिष्यसि: you will beget/produce
• उत्पादयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु) → उत्पादय् (णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• शप्त्वा: having cursed
• शप्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शप्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कैलास-पर्वतम्: Mount Kailāsa
• कैलास-पर्वतम्: Karma (Goal/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कैलासः पर्वतः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta narrating; the quoted curse is Śiva’s

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra; Kailāsa (as śaiva axis)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva completes the curse—foretelling a son born through Dakṣa’s own deluded daughter—then turns away and departs toward snow-clad Kailāsa, leaving a stunned court behind.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Dakṣa
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives stress that wrongdoing ripens into painful consequences, restoring moral balance through karmic law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra being praised is Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa; Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s abode, not the focal tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes the episode of the curse and Śiva’s departure.