Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः क्रोधसमाविष्टो हली सूतं महाबलः । निजघान विवृत्ताक्षः क्षोभिताशेषदानवः

Transliteration

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo halī sūtaṃ mahābalaḥ | nijaghāna vivṛttākṣaḥ kṣobhitāśeṣadānavaḥ

Translation

Da wurde Halī (Balarāma) vom Zorn überwältigt—von gewaltiger Kraft, mit weit aufgerissenen Augen vor Wut, Schrecken erregend, als wühlte er alle Dānava auf—und schlug den Sūta nieder.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनुक्रमवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• krodha-samāviṣṭaḥ: possessed by anger
• krodha-samāviṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + samāviṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्रोधेन समाविष्टः); पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• halī: Halī (Balarāma)
• halī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: halin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sūtam: the sūta
• sūtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahā-balaḥ: mighty
• mahā-balaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महच्च तत् बलम् यस्य); पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nijaghāna: struck down
• nijaghāna: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धा.हन्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः नि

• vivṛtta-akṣaḥ: with rolling/widened eyes
• vivṛtta-akṣaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vivṛtta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (विवृत्ते अक्षिणी यस्य); पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṣobhita-aśeṣa-dānavaḥ: who had agitated all the dānavas
• kṣobhita-aśeṣa-dānavaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣobhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (क्षोभिताः अशेषाः दानवाः येन); पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages / Purāṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Balarāma, eyes wide with fury, body tense, strikes the Sūta-born man; the sages recoil in shock; the air feels charged as if demons themselves were stirred—an eruption of violence within a holy assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Balarāma (Halī/Haladhara)
• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger (krodha) destroys discernment and leads to grave sin requiring expiation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the consequences of wrongdoing and the path of purification are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the verse narrates the transgression that will necessitate prāyaścitta.