Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति वाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा गणः क्रोधसमन्वितः । शशाप तां सुचार्वंगीं साहंकारां गणेश्वरः

Transliteration

iti vākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā gaṇaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | śaśāpa tāṃ sucārvaṃgīṃ sāhaṃkārāṃ gaṇeśvaraḥ

Translation

یہ باتیں سن کر وہ گنہ غضب سے بھر گیا؛ اور اُس خوش اندام کنیا کو، جو اَہنکار میں ڈوبی تھی، اے گنوں کے سردار، اس نے شاپ دے دیا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इत्यर्थ) = quotative particle

• vākyam: the statement
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरम्/तस्मात्)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु) (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा), 'having heard'

• gaṇaḥ: the gaṇa
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• krodha-samanvitaḥ: filled with anger
• krodha-samanvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; √i (इ) with सम् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः: क्रोधेन समन्वितः

• śaśāpa: cursed
• śaśāpa: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (शप्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्सभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• su-cāru-aṅgīm: the fair-limbed (girl)
• su-cāru-aṅgīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: सुचारूणि अङ्गानि यस्याः सा (as descriptive epithet)

• sa-ahaṃkārām: arrogant; with ego
• sa-ahaṃkārām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/सह) + ahaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: अहंकारेण सह/युक्ता

• gaṇeśvaraḥ: the lord of the gaṇas
• gaṇeśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गणानाम् ईश्वरः

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern gaṇa-lord, eyes blazing with righteous anger, pronounces a curse upon the proud maiden; the atmosphere shifts from playful to grave, with apsarases recoiling.

Characters & Entities

• gaṇa
• gaṇeśvara (leader of Gaṇas)
• ahaṃkāra (pride)
• kanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride invites correction; Purāṇic narratives show that divine order protects dharma by curbing arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, represented as a holy domain where dharma is actively upheld through divine agents.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse introduces the mechanism of moral consequence (śāpa) that leads to repentance and grace.