Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अन्यैः परिवृतः शूरैर्यादवैर्युद्ध दुर्मदैः । ते समेत्य यथान्यायं समस्ता यदुपुंगवाः

Transliteration

anyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śūrairyādavairyuddha durmadaiḥ | te sametya yathānyāyaṃ samastā yadupuṃgavāḥ

Translation

وكانوا مُحاطين بأبطالٍ آخرين من اليادافا، متكبّرين في ساحة القتال؛ فاجتمع سادةُ آلِ يدو جميعًا، والتقوا على الوجه اللائق وفقًا للنهج القويم.

Word by Word

• अन्यैः: by other (men)
• अन्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; विशेषण

• परिवृतः: surrounded
• परिवृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शूरैः: by heroes
• शूरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यादवैः: by Yādavas
• यादवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युद्ध: battle/war (as qualifier)
• युद्ध: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; (पाठे विशेषणवत् ‘युद्ध-’ इति पूर्वपद-भावः)

• दुर्मदैः: by the arrogant/insolent
• दुर्मदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; विशेषण

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समेत्य: having assembled/coming together
• समेत्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-√इ (इण् गतौ) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable absolutive

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्यायम्: injustice
• अन्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समस्ताः: all together
• समस्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; विशेषण

• यदुपुंगवाः: the foremost among the Yadus
• यदुपुंगवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यदूनां पुंगवाः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (assembly-ground)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand congregation of Yādava heroes surrounds Kṛṣṇa; despite martial pride, they meet and greet according to dharma—hands folded, elders honored, orderly ranks in a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Yādavas
• Yadu lineage (Yadupuṅgava)
• Pāṇḍavas (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty must act with yathānyāya (proper decorum); dharma is measured by conduct, not merely power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Yādava leaders gather and observe proper meeting customs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the prescription is ethical—meeting and behaving according to propriety (nyāya/maryādā).