Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

प्रत्युवाचाच्युतं क्रुद्धस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति मा व्रज । अद्य त्वां निशितैर्बाणैर्नेष्यामि यमसादनम्

Transliteration

pratyuvācācyutaṃ kruddhastiṣṭha tiṣṭheti mā vraja | adya tvāṃ niśitairbāṇairneṣyāmi yamasādanam

Translation

Zornent rief er Acyuta entgegen: „Halt, halt—geh nicht fort! Heute werde ich dich mit meinen scharfen Pfeilen in Yamas Wohnstatt senden.“

Word by Word

• pratyuvāca: replied
• pratyuvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• acyutam: Acyuta (Krishna)
• acyutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (angry)

• tiṣṭha: stand/stop
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• tiṣṭha: stand!
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• vraja: go
• vraja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘mā’ सह निषेधार्थे

• adya: today/now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• niśitaiḥ: with sharp
• niśitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bāṇaiḥ: arrows
• bāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• neṣyāmi: I will lead/take
• neṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• yamasādanam: to Yama's abode
• yamasādanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama + sādana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yamasya sādanaṃ = abode of Yama)

Speaker

Rukma (deduced from immediate narrative: ‘dānavendra’ arriving and confronting Acyuta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rukma, enraged, shouts at Acyuta to stop, vowing to kill him with sharp arrows and send him to Yama’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yama
• Rukma (implied speaker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogance and anger lead beings to challenge the divine; Purāṇas warn that such hostility toward dharma ends in downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The confrontation unfolds within the Revā-khaṇḍa setting, connected to the Narmadā-bank sacred geography referenced just prior.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial threat within the narrative.