Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

रुधिराक्लिन्नदेहा वै प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृताः । केशवं शरणं प्राप्ता त्राहि त्राहीति भाषिणः

Transliteration

rudhirāklinnadehā vai prahārairjarjarīkṛtāḥ | keśavaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptā trāhi trāhīti bhāṣiṇaḥ

Translation

Ihre Körper waren blutüberströmt und von Schlägen zerschmettert, da suchten sie Zuflucht bei Keśava und riefen: „Rette uns! Rette uns!“

Word by Word

• रुधिराक्लिन्नदेहाः: whose bodies were soaked with blood
• रुधिराक्लिन्नदेहाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक) + आ + क्लिन्न (क्लिद्-धातु, क्त) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (रुधिरेण आ-क्लिन्नाः देहाः येषाम्) विशेषणम्

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/खलु-अर्थक (indeed)

• प्रहारैः: by blows
• प्रहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जर्जरीकृताः: shattered, mangled
• जर्जरीकृताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जर्जरी + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘made shattered’

• केशवम्: Keśava
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गत्यर्थे द्वितीया (as refuge)

• प्राप्ताः: having reached
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having reached’

• त्राहि: protect (us)
• त्राहि: Sambodhana-kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्राहि: protect (us)
• त्राहि: Sambodhana-kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (पुनरुक्ति)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• भाषिणः: speaking (so)
• भाषिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘speakers’ (agent noun)

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Wounded devas, blood-soaked and broken by blows, fold hands and rush to Keśava, crying repeatedly ‘trāhi trāhi’; Keśava stands as calm refuge amid chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• Devas (implied as supplicants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In संकट (crisis), surrender (śaraṇāgati) to the divine protector is upheld as the sure refuge beyond one’s own strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No pilgrimage site is named; the focus is on śaraṇāgati to Keśava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplicatory cry (‘trāhi trāhi’)—a form of prayerful appeal—is implied rather than a formal ritual.