Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

कालांतरे ततो भित्त्वा कुरुदेशं महाप्रभः । निर्गतोत्तंभितशिरा ज्वलदास्योतिभीषणः

Transliteration

kālāṃtare tato bhittvā kurudeśaṃ mahāprabhaḥ | nirgatottaṃbhitaśirā jvaladāsyotibhīṣaṇaḥ

Translation

Nach einiger Zeit brach jener Gewaltige hervor und spaltete das Land der Kurus. Mit hoch erhobenem Haupt trat er hervor, der Mund in lodernder Glut—furchterregend anzuschauen.

Word by Word

• काल-अन्तरे: at a later time
• काल-अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — neuter, locative singular; अधिकरणे (in/at a time)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमबोधक (then/from there)

• भित्त्वा: having broken through
• भित्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having split/broken

• कुरु-देशम्: the Kuru country
• कुरु-देशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — masculine, accusative singular

• महाप्रभः: the great-lustrous one
• महाप्रभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाप्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular; बहुव्रीहिः ‘महाप्रभा यस्य सः’

• निर्गत-उत्तम्भित-शिराः: with head raised up, having come out
• निर्गत-उत्तम्भित-शिराः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गत (नि√गम् + क्त) + उत्तम्भित (उद्√स्तम्भ् + क्त) + शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular; समासे विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः

• ज्वलत्-आस्य-उति-भीषणः: terrifying with blazing-faced radiance
• ज्वलत्-आस्य-उति-भीषणः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत् (√ज्वल् शतृ) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उति/ओति (प्रातिपदिक; तेजस्/प्रभा-अर्थे) + भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular; ‘ज्वलदास्य-ओति’ इति षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासभावः (glowing-faced radiance)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aūrva’s dramatic emergence: the earth of Kuru-land splits; a radiant, terrifying figure rises with head uplifted, mouth blazing like fire—an awe-inspiring epiphany of tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Aaurva (implied)
• Kuru-deśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suppressed injustice can give rise to overwhelming, dangerous force; dharma must restrain anger and restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While Kuru-deśa is mentioned, the overarching frame remains Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya within the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the dramatic manifestation that leads to the next teaching about restraint.