Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्यां कदाचित्पुत्रस्तु शूद्राज्जातो विधेर्वशात् । दुष्टात्माऽतीव निर्मुक्तो नाम्ना दुःसह इत्यतः

Transliteration

tasyāṃ kadācitputrastu śūdrājjāto vidhervaśāt | duṣṭātmā'tīva nirmukto nāmnā duḥsaha ityataḥ

Translation

有一次，她因命运之力，与一位首陀罗生下一子。其性情邪恶，放纵无拘，故名为“杜赫萨哈”（意为“难以忍受”）。

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कदाचित्: once, at some time
• कदाचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

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

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle)

• शूद्रात्: from a Shudra (man)
• शूद्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• जातः: was born
• जातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि अर्थे (born)

• विधेः: of fate/ordinance
• विधेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वशात्: due to the power/control (of)
• वशात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• दुष्टात्मा: a wicked-souled one
• दुष्टात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier)

• निर्मुक्तः: unrestrained, set free
• निर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival to पुत्रः/दुष्टात्मा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-मुच् (धातु) → निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारे (by name)

• दुःसहः: Duḥsaha (Hard-to-bear)
• दुःसहः: Samjna (Name/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• अतः: therefore, hence
• अतः: Logical connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निष्कर्षवाचक (therefore/for this reason)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grim birth scene is implied rather than explicit: the emergence of a troublesome son, with ominous signs; elders react with concern; the child’s fierce demeanor foreshadows hardship.

Characters & Entities

• Duḥsaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic storytelling frames moral disorder as producing further suffering, while also acknowledging the role of fate (vidhi) in life’s outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it introduces a key character whose actions will unfold within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.