Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इत्यादिश्य हृषीकेशं पार्थदुर्योधनावपि । जगाम द्वारकां शौरिः स्वसैन्यैश्च परीवृतः

Transliteration

ityādiśya hṛṣīkeśaṃ pārthaduryodhanāvapi | jagāma dvārakāṃ śauriḥ svasainyaiśca parīvṛtaḥ

Translation

Nachdem er so Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa) sowie auch Pārtha (Arjuna) und Duryodhana unterwiesen hatte, zog Śauri (Balarāma) nach Dvārakā, von seinen eigenen Truppen umringt.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आदिश्य: having instructed
• आदिश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having instructed/ordered’

• हृषीकेशम्: Hrishikesha (Krishna)
• हृषीकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• पार्थदुर्योधनौ: Partha and Duryodhana
• पार्थदुर्योधनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Dual; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• अपि: also
• अपि: Addition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• द्वारकाम्: to Dvaraka
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• शौरिः: Shauri (Balarama/Krishna epithet; here Balarama)
• शौरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• स्वसैन्यैः: with his own troops
• स्वसैन्यैः: Karana/Association (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; कर्मधारय (स्वं सैन्यम्)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• परीवृतः: surrounded, accompanied
• परीवृतः: Karta (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — PPP, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; शौरिणः विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Balarāma, after giving instructions to Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa), Arjuna, and Duryodhana, departs toward Dvārakā with a disciplined column of troops—an ominous calm before the storm.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Duryodhana
• Śauri (Balarāma)
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Leadership and dharma are shown through counsel and orderly departure—actions framed within sacred-history that supports the māhātmya narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, while this verse briefly foregrounds Dvārakā as the Yādava sacred city within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative transition (instruction and departure).