Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

स तयोरंतिकं गत्वा नाम विश्राव्य चात्मनः । उवाच कस्त्वं दैतेयान्मम हंसि गदाधर

Transliteration

sa tayoraṃtikaṃ gatvā nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ | uvāca kastvaṃ daiteyānmama haṃsi gadādhara

Translation

সে তাদের নিকটে গিয়ে নিজের নাম ঘোষণা করে বলল—“হে গদাধর, তুমি কে যে আমার দৈত্যযোদ্ধাদের বধ করছ?”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचनस्य षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/Genitive or 7th/Locative), सर्वनाम; अर्थतः ‘of the two’

• अन्तिकम्: near, proximity
• अन्तिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having gone’

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विश्राव्य: having announced
• विश्राव्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive) causative-sense; ‘having caused to be heard/announced’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• आत्मनः: of himself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

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

• दैतेयान्: Daityas (demons)
• दैतेयान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• हंसि: you kill/strike
• हंसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गदाधर: O mace-bearer
• गदाधर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गदां धरतीति)

Speaker

Kuśa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kuśa’s chariot draws close; he raises a hand in challenge, announcing his name; facing him stands the mace-bearer (Gadādhara), calm yet formidable.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa
• Vāsudeva (Gadādhara)
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The adversary’s ignorance of the Lord’s identity is itself a mark of delusion; dharma confronts adharma through revealed divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred sphere, where the Lord is addressed directly as protector of the tīrtha-landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a challenge in dialogue form.