Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

हत्वा तु पौंड्रकं शौरिः काशिराजं च सानु गम् । पुनर्द्वारवतीं प्राप्तो मृगयाया गतो यथा

Transliteration

hatvā tu pauṃḍrakaṃ śauriḥ kāśirājaṃ ca sānu gam | punardvāravatīṃ prāpto mṛgayāyā gato yathā

Translation

بعد أن قتل شَوري (Śauri) باونْدْرَكَ (Pauṇḍraka) وملك كاشي (Kāśī) مع أتباعه، عاد ثانيةً إلى دوارافتي (Dvāravatī)، كما يعود المرء بعد خروجه للصيد.

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (हन्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) = having slain

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) = emphatic/contrastive

• पौंड्रकम्: Pauṇḍraka
• पौंड्रकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pauṃḍraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शौरिः: Śauri (Kṛṣṇa)
• शौरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śauri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• काशिराजम्: the king of Kāśī
• काशिराजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśirāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• स-अनुगम्: together with his followers
• स-अनुगम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ 'with') + anuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; 'with followers/attendants' (सह + अनुग)

• पुनः: again, then
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = again/then

• द्वारवतीम्: to Dvāravatī
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāravatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म/गन्तव्य), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having reached/arrived'

• मृगयायाः: of hunting
• मृगयायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛgayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गतः: went
• गतः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'gone'

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा/relative adverb) = as/like

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the foes are slain, Śauri returns to Dvāravatī with composed demeanor, as if returning from a simple hunt—city gates, sea breeze, and royal calm.

Characters & Entities

• Pauṇḍraka
• Śauri (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kāśirāja
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

For the divinely established protector, restoring order is effortless; dharma is upheld without inner disturbance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) is named, while the enclosing narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a narrative transition back to Dvārakā.