Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

नंदव्रजं गते देवे पूतनाशोषणे सति । घातिते च तृणावर्ते शकटे परिवर्तिते

Transliteration

naṃdavrajaṃ gate deve pūtanāśoṣaṇe sati | ghātite ca tṛṇāvarte śakaṭe parivartite

Translation

Als der Herr nach Nandas Vraja ging—nachdem er Pūtanās Leben ausgesogen, Tṛṇāvarta erschlagen und den Wagen umgestürzt hatte—waren jene Wunderwerke vollbracht.

Word by Word

• नन्द-व्रजम्: to Nanda's Vraja
• नन्द-व्रजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—नन्दस्य व्रजः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘देवे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• देवे: when the Lord (was)
• देवे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘गते’ इत्यनेन सह सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

• पूतना-शोषणे: at the drying-up (killing) of Pūtanā
• पूतना-शोषणे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतना (प्रातिपदिक) + शोषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—पूतनायाः शोषणम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सति: while it was (so), when it occurred
• सति: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute)

• घातिते: when (he) was slain
• घातिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (तृणावर्ते) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तृणावर्ते: (in the case of) Tṛṇāvarta
• तृणावर्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृणावर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शकटे: (when) the cart
• शकटे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परिवर्तिते: when it was overturned
• परिवर्तिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘शकटे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vraja (Gokula/Vṛndāvana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: Kṛṣṇa in Vraja—Pūtanā collapsing after the life is drawn out; whirlwind demon Tṛṇāvarta slain; the cart (śakaṭa) overturned by the child’s kick; cowherd setting with astonished gopas and Yaśodā.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (Deva/Lord)
• Nanda
• Vraja
• Pūtanā
• Tṛṇāvarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s līlās portray divine protection: even in infancy, He removes threats and safeguards devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vraja is referenced as narrative setting; the section’s main tirtha focus remains Dvārakā, developed later.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a condensed recollection of līlā events.