Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

उद्दिश्य कुपितो हत्वा तोषितं वासयेत्पुनः । तस्मिन्मृते न दोषोऽस्ति द्वयोरुच्छ्रावणे कृते

Transliteration

uddiśya kupito hatvā toṣitaṃ vāsayetpunaḥ | tasminmṛte na doṣo'sti dvayorucchrāvaṇe kṛte

Translation

Kung sa galit at may tiyak na layon ay saktan (o mapatay) ang isang tao, dapat muling ayusin at patirahin sa kapayapaan ang taong napayapa at napasaya. At kung siya’y mamatay, walang sala—kung nagawa ang pormal na pagpapahayag sa dalawang panig.

Word by Word

• उद्दिश्य: having intended/aimed at
• उद्दिश्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having aimed/with reference to (intending)’

• कुपितः: angered
• कुपितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कुप् (धातु) → कुपित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘angered’

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having killed’

• तोषितम्: (him) satisfied/propitiated
• तोषितम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) → तोषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘(him) satisfied/propitiated’

• वासयेत्: should lodge/settle (again)
• वासयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु) (णिच् causative: वासय)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative): ‘should cause to dwell/should lodge/should settle’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)

• तस्मिन्: in that (case)/when he
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• मृते: when (he) has died
• मृते: Sati-saptami (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तस्मिन् इति सह सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute): ‘when (he) is dead’

• न: no/not
• न: Negation particle (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्वयोः: of the two
• द्वयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; ‘of two’

• उच्छ्रावणे: in the proclamation/announcement
• उच्छ्रावणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्-श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in/at the proclamation/announcement’ (ritual/legal context)

• कृते: when done
• कृते: Sati-saptami (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी: ‘when it has been done’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense confrontation dissolves into reconciliation: an aggressor, formerly enraged, now offers water, cloth, and respectful gestures to the injured party; elders/priestly witnesses stand between them, reciting a formal proclamation; the sacred coastal kṣetra frames the moral repair.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger-driven harm still demands dharmic rectification; proper restitution and due procedure are emphasized as safeguards against further blame.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, setting the stage for the purifying power of Prabhāsa and Sarasvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal ‘ucchrāvaṇa’ (public declaration/announcement) and the act of restoring/settling the wronged party are prescribed as part of dharmic remediation.