Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कृपया परयाविष्टास्तामूचुर्विस्मयान्विताः । सर्वे तस्याश्च संदृष्ट्वा साहसं च नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

kṛpayā parayāviṣṭāstāmūcurvismayānvitāḥ | sarve tasyāśca saṃdṛṣṭvā sāhasaṃ ca nṛpottama

Translation

他们被深切的慈悲所充满，又惊异不已，便对她开口。噢，至上的君王啊，众人目睹她无畏的决断，皆为之动容。

Word by Word

• kṛpayā: out of compassion
• kṛpayā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; हेतौ/साधने

• parayā: great/supreme
• parayā: Hetu (Cause qualifier/हेतु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (कृपया इति)

• āviṣṭāḥ: overcome/possessed
• āviṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-viś (धातु) → āviṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (मुनयः इति)

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

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• vismayānvitāḥ: filled with wonder
• vismayānvitāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya-anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (विस्मयेन अन्विताः)

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• saṃdṛṣṭvā: having observed
• saṃdṛṣṭvā: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-dṛś (धातु) → saṃdṛṣṭvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• sāhasam: bold act/heroism
• sāhasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• nṛpottama: O best of kings
• nṛpottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपाणाम् उत्तमः)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Nṛpottama, ‘best of kings’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpottama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, moved by pity and wonder, address the woman at the pyre; their hands gesture in counsel, faces softened by compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Munayaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through compassionate guidance; even revered devotion is examined through wise counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha setting frames the sages’ response and the broader māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse introduces the sages’ advisory dialogue.