Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

उपविष्टास्तथा वांता बहुमूत्रं प्रसुस्रुवुः । रथध्वजे समाविष्टो गृध्रः शब्दमथाकरोत्

Transliteration

upaviṣṭāstathā vāṃtā bahumūtraṃ prasusruvuḥ | rathadhvaje samāviṣṭo gṛdhraḥ śabdamathākarot

Translation

Dort sitzend erbrachen sie sich und ließen viel Urin. Und ein Geier, der sich auf das Banner des Wagens setzte, stieß daraufhin einen Schrei aus.

Word by Word

• उपविष्टाः: having sat down / seated
• उपविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• वाम्ताः: having vomited
• वाम्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थे—‘वमितवन्तः’

• बहुमूत्रम्: much urine
• बहुमूत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः = ‘बहु मूत्रम्’

• प्रसुस्रुवुः: flowed out
• प्रसुस्रुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√स्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रथध्वजे: on the chariot-flag
• रथध्वजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः = ‘रथस्य ध्वजः’

• समाविष्टः: having entered/perched
• समाविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गृध्रः: vulture
• गृध्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शब्दम्: sound/cry
• शब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle)

• अकरोत्: made/uttered
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); Arbuda (narrative region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A war-chariot halted; warriors seated in distress, vomiting and urinating; a vulture lands atop the fluttering banner and cries—an ominous stillness around the sacred terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛdhra (vulture)
• Ratha-dhvaja (chariot banner)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disturbing bodily and natural signs are depicted as warnings of impending ruin—adharma carries its own marks of decay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse continues the omen-sequence within the Arbuda narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.