Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

शापोद्यतकरं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं छाया विवस्वतः । कथयामास तत्सर्वं संज्ञायाः सुविचेष्टितम्

Transliteration

śāpodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ chāyā vivasvataḥ | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ saṃjñāyāḥ suviceṣṭitam

Translation

جب چھایا نے سورج، ویوَسوان، کو لعنت دینے کے لیے ہاتھ اٹھائے دیکھا تو اس نے سنجنا کی خوب سوچ سمجھ کر کی گئی تدبیر سمیت ساری باتیں بیان کر دیں۔

Word by Word

• शाप: curse
• शाप: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• उद्यत: raised/ready
• उद्यत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-yam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) समासाङ्ग; अर्थ: उद्यतः (ready)

• करम्: hand
• करम्: Karma (Object of 'seeing')
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समस्तपद: शाप-उद्यत-करम्

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), धातु: दृश् (to see)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma (Object of 'seeing')
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• छाया: Chāyā (Shadow)
• छाया: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विवस्वतः: of Vivasvat
• विवस्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कथयामास: told, narrated
• कथयामास: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (णिजन्त from kath) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: कथ्/कथय् (to tell)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'sarvam')

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संज्ञायाः: of Saṃjñā
• संज्ञायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुविचेष्टितम्: the well-devised act/plan
• सुविचेष्टितम्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-vi-ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विचेष्टित (कृदन्त/भाव) = 'well-conduct/act'

Speaker

Narrator (within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya storytelling)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the climactic moment, Sūrya’s raised hand pauses; Chāyā begins a complete narration—gesturing as if unspooling a sequence—while the atmosphere shifts from threat to revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya/Vivasvān
• Chāyā
• Saṃjñā
• Curse (śāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth disclosed in time can avert destructive outcomes; confession becomes a dharmic remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the overarching sacred setting of the section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.