Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

जरासंधबले रौद्रे यवने च हते क्षितौ । राजसूये क्रतुवरे चैद्ये चैव निपातिते

Transliteration

jarāsaṃdhabale raudre yavane ca hate kṣitau | rājasūye kratuvare caidye caiva nipātite

Translation

Als die grimmige Macht Jarāsandhas bezwungen und der Yavana auf Erden erschlagen war; als beim erhabenen Rājasūya-Opfer auch Caidya zu Fall gebracht wurde—

Word by Word

• जरासंधबले: when Jarāsandha’s army
• जरासंधबले: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासंधबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—जरासंधस्य बलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• रौद्रे: fierce
• रौद्रे: अधिकरण (Locative; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (बलस्य)

• यवने: when the Yavana (Kālaya vana)
• यवने: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• हते: having been slain
• हते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (कृदन्त, √हन्-हिंसागत्योः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• क्षितौ: on the earth
• क्षितौ: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• राजसूये: in the Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• राजसूये: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• क्रतुवरे: in the excellent sacrifice
• क्रतुवरे: अधिकरण (Locative; apposition to राजसूये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतुवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—वरः क्रतुः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)

• चैद्ये: when (Śiśupāla) the Caidya
• चैद्ये: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• निपातिते: having been struck down
• निपातिते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपातित (कृदन्त, √पत्-गत्यर्थे, नि-उपसर्ग, णिच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā in the shadow of Jarāsandha; Rājasūya sabhā (Indraprastha) remembrance

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Battle imagery of Jarāsandha’s vast forces checked; the Yavana adversary slain; then the grand Rājasūya hall at Indraprastha where Kṛṣṇa receives agrya-pūjā and Śiśupāla falls by the Sudarśana discus amid stunned kings.

Characters & Entities

• Jarāsandha
• Yavana (Kālayavana)
• Rājasūya
• Caidya (Śiśupāla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord safeguards dharma across ages—defeating hostile powers and upholding righteous sovereignty and sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse situates Dvārakā’s sacred narrative within wider Bhārata-dharma events like the Rājasūya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Rājasūya sacrifice is referenced, but no instruction for performance is given in this verse.