Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

भविष्यसि विजिह्वस्त्वं शप्त्वा तं दर्दुरं नृपः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyasi vijihvastvaṃ śaptvā taṃ darduraṃ nṛpaḥ

Translation

“Magiging walang-dila ka (o magiging pilay ang dila)!”—gayon nagsalita ang hari (Agni) matapos sumpain ang palakang iyon.

Word by Word

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — you will become

• विजिह्वः: tongueless (deprived of tongue)
• विजिह्वः: Karmadharaya/Predicate (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + जिह्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन — predicate adjective

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• शप्त्वा: having cursed
• शप्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव — having cursed

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• दर्दुरम्: frog
• दर्दुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्दुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Agni (Havyavāhana), as reported in the narrative by Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fiery kingly Agni, radiant and anthropomorphic, pronounces a curse upon a frog; the frog recoils, tongue implied as afflicted; watery setting hints at a refuge in waters nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Frog (Dardura)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic narrative warns against wrathful reactivity; curses symbolize karmic consequences that impair speech and agency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda mountain water-region remains the contextual sacred setting, where Agni’s hidden presence causes extraordinary effects.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual action is prescribed in this verse.