Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

एवं विलपतीं तां तु वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । मा त्वं रुद विशालाक्षि पुनरेव पतिस्तव

Transliteration

evaṃ vilapatīṃ tāṃ tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī | mā tvaṃ ruda viśālākṣi punareva patistava

Translation

当她如此哀号时，一道无形之声说道：“莫哭啊，明眸广目者——你的夫君还将再度归来。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• विलपतीम्: lamenting
• विलपतीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विलप् (धातु) → विलपत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• वाक्: voice/speech
• वाक्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अशरीरिणी: bodiless
• अशरीरिणी: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाक्)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुद: weep/cry
• रुद: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; मा-निषेधेन निषिद्ध-आज्ञा (prohibitive)

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (विशालानि अक्षी यस्याः)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• पतिः: husband
• पतिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Aśarīrī-vāk (bodiless divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati pauses mid-lament; above her, the sky seems to speak—suggested by radiant script-like light or a subtle celestial presence; her posture shifts from collapse to attentive stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Rati
• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assurance tempers despair: grace operates beyond visible form, restoring hope and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where divine interventions and Śaiva events are narrated to magnify the kṣetra’s sacred power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.