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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

तदभून्मुशलं घोरं वज्रकल्पमयस्मयम् । जघान तेन कृष्णोपि ये तस्य प्रमुखे स्थिताः

Transliteration

tadabhūnmuśalaṃ ghoraṃ vajrakalpamayasmayam | jaghāna tena kṛṣṇopi ye tasya pramukhe sthitāḥ

Translation

Das wurde zu einer schrecklichen Keule, dem Vajra gleich, aus Eisen gefertigt; mit ihr erschlug selbst Kṛṣṇa die, die vor Ihm standen.

Word by Word
तत्that (thing)
तत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
अभूत्became
अभूत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु; भू—सत्तायाम्)
Formलुङ्-लकार (aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
मुशलम्a club, pestle
मुशलम्:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
TypeNoun
Rootमुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
वज्रकल्पम्like a thunderbolt
वज्रकल्पम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवज्र-कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउपमान-तत्पुरुषः (वज्र इव कल्पः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
अयस्मयम्made of iron
अयस्मयम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअयस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
जघानstruck down, killed
जघान:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु; हन्—हिंसायाम्)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तेनwith that (club)
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन
कृष्णःKrishna
कृष्णः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle; ‘also/even’)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), बहुवचन
तस्यof him/it
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), एकवचन
प्रमुखेin the front, at the forefront
प्रमुखे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन
स्थिताःstanding, stationed
स्थिताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु; स्था—तिष्ठति) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ये)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/ Ugraśravas), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī implied by surrounding vocatives

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa stands amid the grove, holding a dreadful iron club like a vajra; those before him fall as the scene darkens with the weight of finality.

Characters & Entities
K
Kṛṣṇa
M
Muśala
V
Vajra

FAQs

When destiny matures, even divine presence does not negate the consequence—events unfold to complete a cosmic cycle.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, a tīrtha remembered for this climactic and sobering Purāṇic episode.

None in this verse.

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