Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अन्ये परस्परं जघ्नुर्मुष्टिभिश्चरणैस्तथा । एवं तत्र तदा क्षिप्तं यद्द्रव्यं नारदेन तु

Transliteration

anye parasparaṃ jaghnurmuṣṭibhiścaraṇaistathā | evaṃ tatra tadā kṣiptaṃ yaddravyaṃ nāradena tu

Translation

Andere schlugen einander mit Fäusten und Füßen. So führte der Reichtum, den Nārada damals dort hingeworfen hatte, zu einem solchen Bild.

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• परस्परम्: each other
• परस्परम्: Karma (Reciprocal object/परस्पर-कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परवाचक (mutually)

• जघ्नुः: struck/beat
• जघ्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they struck/killed’

• मुष्टिभिः: with fists
• मुष्टिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• चरणैः: with feet
• चरणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/also)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/निगमन (thus/in this way)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)

• क्षिप्तम्: thrown
• क्षिप्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘thrown’ (qualifies ‘द्रव्यम्’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun: which)

• द्रव्यम्: wealth/objects
• द्रव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• नारदेन: by Narada
• नारदेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्मणि कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/भेद (but/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Men strike with fists and feet around a spot where Nārada has thrown wealth; Nārada stands apart as the unseen/implicit instigator, the scene spiraling into chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth can become a cause of violence when desire and envy overpower restraint; charity must be guided by discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the narrative leading to Kalakaleśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dana (giving/wealth-distribution) is implied, shown here in a problematic form that triggers quarrel.