Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा केशवः परवीरहा । तिर्यक्सरोषया दृष्ट्या वीक्षांचक्रे समः पुमान्

Transliteration

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā keśavaḥ paravīrahā | tiryaksaroṣayā dṛṣṭyā vīkṣāṃcakre samaḥ pumān

Translation

Als Keśava—der Bezwinger feindlicher Helden—diese Worte hörte, blieb er äußerlich gefasst, doch warf er einen Seitenblick, erfüllt von gezügeltem Zorn.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vacaḥ: words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund/absolutive): ‘श्रुत्वा’ = having heard

• keśavaḥ: Keśava (Krishna)
• keśavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• para-vīra-hā: slayer of enemy heroes
• para-vīra-hā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + vīra (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु) → hā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘परानां वीराणां हन्ता’

• tiryak: sideways
• tiryak: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tiryak (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक-अव्यय (sideways/obliquely)

• saroṣayā: with anger
• saroṣayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘रोषेण सह’ (with anger); ‘दृष्ट्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• dṛṣṭyā: with (his) glance
• dṛṣṭyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• vīkṣām: a look/glance
• vīkṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakre: made/cast
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘चकार’ इत्यर्थे

• samaḥ: calm/even-minded
• samaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पुमान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• pumān: the man/person
• pumān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Keśava stands calm, yet his eyes cut sideways with restrained fury; the assembly senses the shift—silence thickens as his glance lands.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner anger, even when outwardly restrained, can signal the nearing fruition of fate (kāla) when dharma has been wounded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the pilgrimage ground where decisive events in the Yādava narrative unfold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of mood and reaction.