Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवो घातिताः केशवेन हि । दानवान्पतितान्दृष्ट्वा कुशः परमकोपितः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavo ghātitāḥ keśavena hi | dānavānpatitāndṛṣṭvā kuśaḥ paramakopitaḥ

Translation

Als Kuśa sah, dass diese und viele andere Dānavas tatsächlich von Keśava getötet worden waren, wurde er beim Anblick der gefallenen Dämonen äußerst wütend.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (एते/अन्ये)

• घातिताः: were killed
• घातिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त/PPP, causative sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि ‘were slain/caused to be killed’

• केशवेन: by Keśava
• केशवेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/causal)

• दानवान्: the demons (Dānavas)
• दानवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• पतितान्: fallen
• पतितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (√पत्, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दानवान्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

• कुशः: Kuśa
• कुशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परमकोपितः: extremely enraged
• परमकोपितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + कोपित (√कुप्, णिच् + क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (परमः कोपितः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुशः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A field strewn with fallen dānavas; Kuśa stands amid the bodies, eyes blazing, gripping weapons as wrath surges against Keśava.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Kuśa
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked rage (krodha) arises from attachment to one’s faction; the Purāṇas frame such anger as a force that further binds beings to conflict rather than dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the setting within the Dvārakā-māhātmya, linking the divine acts of Keśava to the sacred geography of the city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it serves as narrative context within the māhātmya.