Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

रक्तैः संपूर्णतां नीत्वा क्षत्रियाणां वरानने । आनृण्यं समनु प्राप्तः पितॄणां यो महाबलः

Transliteration

raktaiḥ saṃpūrṇatāṃ nītvā kṣatriyāṇāṃ varānane | ānṛṇyaṃ samanu prāptaḥ pitṝṇāṃ yo mahābalaḥ

Translation

O du Schönangesichtige: Indem er es bis zur Fülle mit dem Blut der Kṣatriyas füllte, erlangte jener überaus starke Held die Schuldlosigkeit gegenüber den Ahnen (Pitṛ).

Word by Word

• रक्तैः: with blood
• रक्तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (रक्तम्), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• संपूर्णताम्: fullness/completion
• संपूर्णताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपूर्णता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• नीत्वा: having brought (to)
• नीत्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु; √नी) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having led/brought)

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the kṣatriyas
• क्षत्रियाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense in context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; समासः: वर + आनना (beautiful-faced)

• आनृण्यम्: freedom from debt/obligation
• आनृण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनृण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• समनु: fully/accordingly
• समनु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समनु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग-सदृश/निपात (intensifier: completely/accordingly)

• प्राप्तः: attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriyā (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) — ‘attained’

• पितॄणाम्: of the forefathers
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• महाबलः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; समासः: महत् + बल (great strength)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formidable ascetic-warrior stands at a consecrated pit or basin symbolically ‘filled’—the verse evokes a stark tableau of kṣatriya-kṣaya and the hero’s claim of pitṛ-ṛṇa release, set against the coastal sacredness of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Kṣatriyas
• Mahādevī (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma frames actions within a ledger of obligations (ṛṇa), including duty to ancestors, though later verses emphasize purification through tapas and tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Paraśurāma account; the tīrtha focus remains within the broader chapter that culminates in Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s expiatory power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; it states attainment of ānṛṇya (discharged ancestral debt) as a narrative result.