Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अहं कथं सखीनां तु दर्शयिष्यामि वै मुखम् । भर्त्रा मे विहिता पत्नी कथमेतदहं वदे

Transliteration

ahaṃ kathaṃ sakhīnāṃ tu darśayiṣyāmi vai mukham | bhartrā me vihitā patnī kathametadahaṃ vade

Translation

میں اپنی سہیلیوں کو اپنا چہرہ کیسے دکھاؤں؟ میں یہ کیسے کہوں کہ میرے شوہر نے مجھے بطورِ زوجہ مقرر کر دیا ہے؟

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kathaṃ: how
• kathaṃ: Sambandha (Question/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय

• sakhīnām: of (my) female friends
• sakhīnām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tu: but, however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

• darśayiṣyāmi: I will show
• darśayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (प्रेरणार्थ) ‘दर्शयति’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• mukham: face
• mukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhartrā: by (my) husband
• bhartrā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic)

• vihitā: appointed, ordained
• vihitā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + dhā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पत्नी’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Question/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vade: I say, I speak
• vade: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified (contextually Sāvitrī speaking to Brahmā/others)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman/consort figure turns away, face half-covered in shame, thinking of her companions; the sacred setting contrasts with her inner turmoil about being assigned as wife by her husband.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes protecting dignity and truth in relationships; social honor and personal integrity are treated as serious moral concerns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhās Pāṭaṇ region), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is part of the narrative leading to later statements about worship and its timing.