Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

श्रीगोप्य ऊचुः । कस्मात्त्वमिह संप्राप्तः किं ते कार्य्यमिहाद्य वै । दस्युरूपप्रतिच्छन्नो ह्यस्मान्संहर्तुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

śrīgopya ūcuḥ | kasmāttvamiha saṃprāptaḥ kiṃ te kāryyamihādya vai | dasyurūpapraticchanno hyasmānsaṃhartumicchasi

Translation

শ্ৰী গোপীসকলে ক’লে: তুমি কিয় ইয়ালৈ আহিলা? আজি ইয়াত তোমাৰ কি কাৰ্য আছে? দস্যুৰ ৰূপ ধৰি ছদ্মবেশে, তুমি নেকি আমাক বিনাশ কৰিব খুজিছা?

Word by Word

• श्रीगोप्यः: the revered gopīs
• श्रीगोप्यः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-गोपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—श्रीमत् गोप्यः (कर्मधारय)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• कस्मात्: why/from what reason
• कस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रायः प्रश्नार्थक-तसिल् (ablatival adverb) ‘from what cause/why’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संप्राप्तः: have arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘having arrived’

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karman (Object of implied ‘is’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘your’

• कार्यम्: business/purpose
• कार्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• दस्युरूपप्रतिच्छन्नः: disguised in the form of a bandit
• दस्युरूपप्रतिच्छन्नः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दस्यु-रूप-प्रतिच्छन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—दस्योः रूपम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + प्रतिच्छन्नः (रूपेण प्रतिच्छन्नः इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; causal/emphatic)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• संहर्तुम्: to destroy
• संहर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive) ‘to destroy’

• इच्छसि: you wish
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Gopīs (women of Vraja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uddhava (implied, as the addressed stranger/messenger)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of grief-stricken gopīs confront a stranger they take for a bandit in disguise, their eyes searching for signs of Kṛṣṇa; tension between accusation and longing.

Characters & Entities

• Gopīs
• Kṛṣṇa-dūta (Uddhava, implied)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep love can speak as accusation in separation; beneath harsh words lies unwavering attachment to Kṛṣṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vraja is foregrounded as the emotional sacred landscape of Kṛṣṇa-bhakti, within the Dvārakā-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse conveys devotional psychology rather than a formal rite.