Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततः कृत्वा तपो घोरं कार्त्तिकेयेन भाभिनि । परदारापहारोत्थपापानां नाशहेतवे

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛtvā tapo ghoraṃ kārttikeyena bhābhini | paradārāpahārotthapāpānāṃ nāśahetave

Translation

Rồi đó, hỡi người nữ rạng ngời, Kārttikeya đã tu khổ hạnh nghiêm khắc tại nơi ấy, nhằm diệt trừ những tội lỗi phát sinh từ việc cướp đoạt vợ của người khác.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• kṛtvā: having done; having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया

• tapaḥ: austerity; penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ghoram: terrible; intense
• ghoram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; (tapaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• kārttikeyena: by Kārttikeya
• kārttikeyena: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttikeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• bhābhini: O radiant lady
• bhābhini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhābhinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन

• paradārāpahārotthapāpānām: of sins arising from abducting another's wife
• paradārāpahārotthapāpānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-dāra-apahāra-uttha-pāpa (प्रातिपदिक; पर + दार + अपहार + उत्थ + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• nāśahetave: for the destruction (as the cause)
• nāśahetave: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa-hetu (प्रातिपदिक; नाश + हेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (4th/Dative); एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhāmini/devī (addressed as radiant lady)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kārttikeya, radiant and ascetic, performs fierce tapas in the sandy coastal sacred field of Prabhāsa, with a distant Śiva-liṅga shrine and the sea-wind; the mood is penitential and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya (Skanda)
• Kumāreśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text condemns violations of marital dharma and highlights tapas and sacred-site devotion as pathways toward moral purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kumāreśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Kārttikeya’s austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapaḥ (austerity) is referenced as the purificatory discipline connected with the site and its sin-destroying power.