Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इत्येवं शिक्षयंल्लोकं वियोगं तेऽनुमन्यते । मुनि शापाद्धरिः साक्षाद्गूढः कपटमानुषः

Transliteration

ityevaṃ śikṣayaṃllokaṃ viyogaṃ te'numanyate | muni śāpāddhariḥ sākṣādgūḍhaḥ kapaṭamānuṣaḥ

Translation

یوں وہ دنیا کو تعلیم دینے کے لیے تم سے اُس فراق کو قبول کرتا ہے۔ ایک مُنی کے شاپ کے سبب خود ہری پوشیدہ رہتا ہے، دانستہ بھیس بدل کر انسان کی صورت میں۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotative/marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• evam: in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• śikṣayan: instructing
• śikṣayan: Karta (agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śikṣ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदी; (present active participle)

• lokam: the world/people
• lokam: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (accusative singular)

• viyogam: separation
• viyogam: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• anumanyate: assents/approves
• anumanyate: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √man (धातु) उपसर्ग anu-; लट्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• muni: O sage
• muni: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (vocative singular)

• śāpāt: from a curse
• śāpāt: Apādāna (source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (ablative singular)

• hariḥ: Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)
• hariḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• sākṣāt: directly, in person
• sākṣāt: Kriya-visheshaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; साक्षात् (adverb: directly/manifestly)

• gūḍhaḥ: hidden
• gūḍhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective of hariḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √guh (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• kapaṭamānuṣaḥ: a deceitful man (in human guise)
• kapaṭamānuṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective of hariḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kapaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

Speaker

Devarṣi (divine sage) addressing Rukmiṇī (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari, though supreme, moves among humans in concealed form; a sage’s curse hangs like an unseen decree, while the world is being instructed through the drama of separation.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Muni
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even painful events can be divine pedagogy; God may accept circumstances to guide the world’s understanding of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the narrative setting; the verse supports its māhātmya by portraying Hari’s purposeful līlā within that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it frames a theological reason behind events (curse and concealment).