Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । परित्यज्य रथं विप्रो भूमावेवावतिष्ठति

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | parityajya rathaṃ vipro bhūmāvevāvatiṣṭhati

Translation

Prahlāda sprach: Nachdem er diese Worte gesagt hatte, verließ der Brahmane—dessen Augen vor Zorn gerötet waren—den Wagen und blieb auf der Erde sitzen.

Word by Word

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• एतावत्: thus much/so much
• एतावत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एतावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणार्थक-अव्यय (Adverb: ‘so much/this much’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + संरक्त (रञ्ज् धातु + क्त, कृदन्त) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (क्रोधेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विप्रः: the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निश्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Emphatic particle)

• अवतिष्ठति: stands/remains
• अवतिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fiery-eyed brāhmaṇa, anger flushing his gaze, steps down from a chariot and sits upon the bare earth; attendants and onlookers freeze, sensing the weight of a sage’s wrath in a sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Durvāsā
• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger disrupts harmony and sacred journeys; hence dharma values restraint and timely appeasement of the offended.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the sacred destination whose māhātmya includes cautionary dharma narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the situation implies the need for śānti/appeasement measures when a sage is offended.