Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

येन शापस्तु ते दत्तस्तमेव शरणं व्रज । स ते शापाभिभूतस्य नूनं श्रेयो विधास्यति

Transliteration

yena śāpastu te dattastameva śaraṇaṃ vraja | sa te śāpābhibhūtasya nūnaṃ śreyo vidhāsyati

Translation

“Lumapit ka bilang kanlungan sa mismong nagbigay sa iyo ng sumpa. Tiyak na siya ang magtatakda ng pinakamabuti para sa iyo na napasailalim sa sumpa.”

Word by Word

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/agent marker ‘by whom’/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• शापः: the curse
• शापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/possessor nuance/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (enclitic ‘te’; here genitive ‘to you/your’)

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to शापः/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘given’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphatic particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis ‘alone’)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object of व्रज/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्रज: go/seek
• व्रज: Kriyā (Imperative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (enclitic ‘te’; here dative/genitive ‘for you/of you’)

• शापाभिभूतस्य: of (one) overpowered by the curse
• शापाभिभूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation to श्रेयः/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि + भू (धातु, क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शापेन अभिभूतः/‘overpowered by a curse’)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Modal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/adverb of certainty)

• श्रेयः: welfare/benefit
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object of विधास्यति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विधास्यति: will arrange/provide
• विधास्यति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Rohiṇī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rohiṇī instructs Soma: ‘Go to the very giver of the curse for refuge’; her gesture is directive yet tender, while Soma listens with bowed head, signaling acceptance of humility and reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• Rohiṇī
• Dakṣa
• śāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The dharmic remedy to conflict is reconciliation and refuge: approach the source of the grievance with humility to restore harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, the narrative supports the sanctity of the kṣetra by modeling dharmic resolution and spiritual recovery.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the instruction is ethical-spiritual: seek śaraṇa (refuge) and conciliation.