Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र गात्रं परित्यक्तं बलभद्रेण धीमता । अन्यैश्चैव महाभागैर्यादवैस्तत्र संयुगे

Transliteration

yatra gātraṃ parityaktaṃ balabhadreṇa dhīmatā | anyaiścaiva mahābhāgairyādavaistatra saṃyuge

Translation

Dort legte der weise Balabhadra seinen Leib ab; ebenso taten es dort auch andere erhabene Yādavas, in jenem schicksalhaften Kampf.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक relative adverb: ‘where’)

• गात्रम्: the body
• गात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृसमानार्थक)

• परित्यक्तम्: abandoned
• परित्यक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• बलभद्रेण: by Balabhadra
• बलभद्रेण: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• धीमता: wise
• धीमता: Visheshana (Qualifier of agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (बलभद्रस्य)

• अन्यैः: by other
• अन्यैः: Karta (Additional agents)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• महाभागैः: by the very fortunate/noble
• महाभागैः: Karta (Additional agents)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• यादवैः: by the Yādavas
• यादवैः: Karta (Agents in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक adverb)

• संयुगे: in the battle/conflict
• संयुगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gātrotsarga (associated departure-spot of Balabhadra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, Balabhadra—serene yet fateful—relinquishes his body; around him the aftermath of Yādava conflict lingers, while the tīrtha stands as a sanctified witness.

Characters & Entities

• Balabhadra
• Yādavas
• Gātrotsarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are presented as repositories of divine history, where remembrance of saintly departures deepens vairāgya and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gātrotsarga, associated with Balabhadra and the Yādavas’ final events at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse provides the tīrtha’s sacred provenance.