Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155

Devanagari script

पुत्रो विक्रमशीलस्य कालिंदीजठरोद्भवः । दुर्दमो नाम भविता भर्ता ह्यस्या महीपतिः

Transliteration

putro vikramaśīlasya kāliṃdījaṭharodbhavaḥ | durdamo nāma bhavitā bhartā hyasyā mahīpatiḥ

Translation

وہ وِکرم شیل کا بیٹا ہوگا، کالِندی کے بطن سے پیدا ہوگا؛ اس کا نام دُردَم ہوگا، اور وہی اس کا شوہر، زمین کا فرمانروا بنے گا۔

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विक्रमशीलस्य: of Vikramaśīla
• विक्रमशीलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम + शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः — ‘विक्रमः शीलं यस्य’ (as name/epithet)

• कालिंदीजठरोद्भवः: born from Kāliṇdī’s womb
• कालिंदीजठरोद्भवः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिन्दी + जठर + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः — ‘कालिन्द्याः जठरात् उद्भवः’ (born from Kāliṇdī’s womb)

• दुर्दमः: Durdama
• दुर्दमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — proper name

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — naming marker ‘by name’

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriyā (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: तृन्/तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त भविष्यत्कालवाचक-कर्तरि-नामधातु (agent noun) ‘one who will be’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महीपतिः: king, lord of the earth
• महीपतिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीः पाति/महेः पतिः)

Speaker

Agni (Havyavāhana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal prophetic declaration: the future king is named—Durdama—son of Vikramaśīla and Kāliṃdī, destined to be a ruler and husband.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Havyavāhana)
• Durdama
• Vikramaśīla
• Kāliṃdī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Providence supports dharmic unions and rightful protection through a capable ruler.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha-kṣetra narrative setting in the Prabhāsa region; the verse focuses on the foretold king.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it is the conclusion of Agni’s identification of the destined husband.