Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणाः कुपिता हन्युर्भस्मीकुर्युः स्वतेजसा । लोकानन्यान्सृजेयुश्च लोकपालांस्तथाऽपरान्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāḥ kupitā hanyurbhasmīkuryuḥ svatejasā | lokānanyānsṛjeyuśca lokapālāṃstathā'parān

Translation

جب برہمن غضبناک ہوں تو اپنے روحانی تَیج سے قتل کر کے راکھ بنا دیں؛ وہ دوسرے جہان اور دوسرے جہانوں کے نگہبان بھی پیدا کر سکتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कुपिताः: angered
• कुपिताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (कृदन्त; √kup/कुप् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• हन्युः: might kill
• हन्युः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भस्मीकुर्युः: might reduce to ashes
• भस्मीकुर्युः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī-kṛ (भस्मी + √kṛ/कृ)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; नामधातु-प्रयोग (denominative sense ‘to reduce to ashes’)

• स्वतेजसा: by their own radiance/power
• स्वतेजसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva-tejas (स्व + तेजस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य तेजसा = by their own energy)

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सृजेयुः: might create
• सृजेयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• लोकपालान्: world-guardians
• लोकपालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka-pāla (लोक + पाल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकानां पालाः = guardians of the worlds)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• अपरान्: others, additional
• अपरान्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic vision: an enraged ascetic brāhmaṇa with blazing aura; flames of tejas emanate from his body, reducing a hostile figure to ash; in the sky, new worlds appear like luminous spheres, with newly formed lokapālas taking stations.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Loka
• Lokapāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power (tejas) born of tapas is depicted as world-shaping; thus, one should avoid provoking or harming the virtuous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the māhātmya frames the region as a place where dharma and spiritual potency are especially emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse functions as a dharmic warning to practice reverence and restraint.