Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य ललिता क्रोधमूर्छिता । उद्धवं ताम्रनयना प्रोवाच रुदती तदा

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya lalitā krodhamūrchitā | uddhavaṃ tāmranayanā provāca rudatī tadā

Translation

اُس کی بات سن کر للیتا غصّے سے بے خود ہو گئی؛ پھر سرخ آنکھوں کے ساتھ روتی ہوئی اُس نے اُدھو سے کہا۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object of ‘śrutvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having heard’

• vacanam: statement, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object of ‘śrutvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• lalitā: Lalitā
• lalitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• krodha-mūrchitā: stupefied/overcome by anger
• krodha-mūrchitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘lalitā’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (कृदन्त, √mūrch ‘to faint/become stupefied’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्रोधेन मूर्छिता)

• uddhavam: Uddhava
• uddhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uddhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tāmra-nayanā: red-eyed
• tāmra-nayanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘lalitā’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक) + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (ताम्राणि नयनानि यस्याः/या)

• provāca: said, spoke
• provāca: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudatī: weeping
• rudatī: Karta (Participial, qualifying subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rud (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (Present participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Lalitā’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvāravatī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palace-courtyard interior: Lalitā, eyes reddened with tears, body trembling with anger, turns toward Uddhava as other women look on in shock and sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Lalitā
• Uddhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti can include fierce, intimate emotions; even anger and tears become offerings when rooted in love for the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-māhātmya frames the scene, tying these dialogues to the sanctity of Kṛṣṇa’s city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.