Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

व्याधप्रहारभिन्नांगे परित्यक्ते कलेवरे । स्वधामसंस्थिते देवे पार्थे च पुनरागते

Transliteration

vyādhaprahārabhinnāṃge parityakte kalevare | svadhāmasaṃsthite deve pārthe ca punarāgate

Translation

Als Sein Leib, vom Schlag des Jägers durchbohrt, verlassen wurde; als der Gott in Seine eigene Wohnstatt einging und auch Pārtha zurückkehrte—

Word by Word

• vyādha-prahāra-bhinna-aṅge: in the body whose limbs were pierced by the hunter’s blow
• vyādha-prahāra-bhinna-aṅge: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādha (प्रातिपदिक) + prahāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhinna (कृदन्त; √bhid भिद्) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरणे/Locative), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; अर्थतः ‘व्याधस्य प्रहारेण भिन्नम् अङ्गं यस्मिन् (देहे)’

• parityakte: when (it was) abandoned
• parityakte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√tyaj (त्यज्) (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले ‘त्यक्त’

• kalevare: in the body
• kalevare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• sva-dhāma-saṃsthite: when (he was) established in his own abode
• sva-dhāma-saṃsthite: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāman (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (कृदन्त; sam-√sthā स्था, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘स्वधाम्नि संस्थित’

• deve: in/with the Lord (the god)
• deve: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• pārthe: when Arjuna (son of Pṛthā)
• pārthe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• punar-āgate: having returned again
• punar-āgate: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + ā-√gam (गम्) (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘पुनरागत’ (returned again)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Hari-niryāṇa-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hunter’s arrow pierces the Lord’s foot/body as He rests; then the scene shifts to divine ascent/withdrawal to svadhāma, with Arjuna returning in grief-stricken duty.

Characters & Entities

• Vyādha (hunter)
• Kṛṣṇa (Deva)
• Svadhāma
• Pārtha (Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is not diminished by bodily events; the Lord withdraws His līlā and abides in His own transcendental realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account belongs to the Prabhāsa–Dvārakā sacred geography cycle, with Prabhāsa serving as the pivotal स्थल of transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the theological event of the Lord’s withdrawal.