Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

त्वत्पत्नी किमिदं कर्म फलेन संप्रवर्तते । तच्छ्रुत्वा दीक्षितो वाचं शिखी मुंडी मृगाजिनी

Transliteration

tvatpatnī kimidaṃ karma phalena saṃpravartate | tacchrutvā dīkṣito vācaṃ śikhī muṃḍī mṛgājinī

Translation

“Vợ của ngài sao lại hành xử như thế—rốt cuộc sẽ sinh ra kết quả gì?” Nghe lời ấy, vị đang thọ giới—để chỏm tóc (śikhā), đầu cạo, khoác da nai—liền phản ứng.

Word by Word

• tvat: your
• tvat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-रूप; (सम्बन्ध/possessive)

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• kim: what
• kim: Visheshya (Interrogative determiner/विशेष्य-प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); निर्देशवाचक (demonstrative)

• karma: act; deed
• karma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• phalena: by/with the fruit (result)
• phalena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃpravartate: proceeds; comes about
• saṃpravartate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु) + saṃ-pra (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable usage)

• dīkṣitaḥ: the initiated one
• dīkṣitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √dīkṣ (धातु) से निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• vācam: speech; words
• vācam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• śikhī: one with a tuft/crest (śikhā)
• śikhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• muṃḍī: shaven-headed one
• muṃḍī: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṇḍin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mṛgājinī: wearing a deer-skin
• mṛgājinī: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga-ajina (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpuruṣa); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); (मृगस्य अजिनम् = deer-skin)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta addressing sages)

Characters & Entities

• Dīkṣita
• Yajña-dīkṣā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions during consecrated ritual time are weighed by their karmic and ritual consequences; dīkṣā demands disciplined focus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The events belong to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra yajña narrative, reinforcing the sanctity of the locale through ritual detail.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Description of dīkṣita observances and insignia—tuft/shaven head and deer-skin—signaling consecration discipline for yajña.