Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

चकर्षुश्चरणौ गृह्य शपंतो दुष्टचेतसः । पदे गृहीत्वा तमृषिं नीत्वा सीम्नि व्यसर्जयन्

Transliteration

cakarṣuścaraṇau gṛhya śapaṃto duṣṭacetasaḥ | pade gṛhītvā tamṛṣiṃ nītvā sīmni vyasarjayan

Translation

Sie packten seine Füße, und die Übelgesinnten zerrten ihn unter Flüchen dahin. Den Ṛṣi am Fuß haltend, brachten sie ihn an die Grenze und warfen ihn fort.

Word by Word

• cakarṣuḥ: they dragged
• cakarṣuḥ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• caraṇau: (his) two feet
• caraṇau: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचनम्

• gṛhya: having seized
• gṛhya: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + lyap (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund: 'having seized')

• śapantaḥ: cursing
• śapantaḥ: Karta (Agent participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śap (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-वर्तमान-कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• duṣṭacetasaḥ: evil-minded (ones)
• duṣṭacetasaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः (yeṣāṃ cetas duṣṭam)

• pade: at the foot/leg
• pade: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• gṛhītvā: having grasped
• gṛhītvā: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + ktvā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• ṛṣim: the sage
• ṛṣim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; (apposition to 'tam')

• nītvā: having led
• nītvā: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• sīmni: at the boundary
• sīmni: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• vyasarjayan: they cast off/abandoned
• vyasarjayan: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-sīmā (border of the region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Evil men drag a sage by the feet, cursing him, and throw him out at the border; the sage’s body is limp from suffering, dust rising along the path to the sīmā.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣi (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harming or humiliating a sage is a severe adharma; Purāṇas repeatedly warn that such acts recoil upon the offender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated within Dvārakā-māhātmya, preparing the ground for the later emphasis on refuge in Viṣṇu and tīrtha-merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as narrative setup highlighting the violation of dharma.