Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

मंत्राः प्रमाणं न कृता युष्माभिर्बलगर्वितैः । यस्मादसह्यं तस्मान्नो नाशयाम्यद्य गर्वितम्

Transliteration

maṃtrāḥ pramāṇaṃ na kṛtā yuṣmābhirbalagarvitaiḥ | yasmādasahyaṃ tasmānno nāśayāmyadya garvitam

Translation

Ihr, vom Stolz der Macht aufgebläht, habt die Autorität der heiligen Mantras nicht anerkannt. Da diese Anmaßung unerträglich geworden ist, werde ich heute euren Hochmut zerschmettern.

Word by Word

• maṃtrāḥ: the Mantras (priests)
• maṃtrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• pramāṇam: authority; proof
• pramāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• kṛtāḥ: (was) made/accepted
• kṛtāḥ: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: भूतकृत् (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘कृताः’ = ‘made/accepted’ (elliptic with ‘smaḥ’ understood)

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you
• yuṣmābhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent-in-instr./करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• bala-garvitaiḥ: proud of strength
• bala-garvitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक) + garvita (कृदन्त; √garv)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘बलेन गर्वित’

• yasmāt: because; since
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (causal)

• asahyam: unbearable (thing)
• asahyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asahya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Phala (Reason/Result marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तदर्थे (therefore)

• naḥ: of us; our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• nāśayāmi: I destroy; I cause to perish
• nāśayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु) [णिच् causative: nāśaya-]
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative)

• adya: today; now
• adya: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• garvitam: pride; arrogance
• garvitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gaṇeśvara (leader of Śiva’s gaṇas; contextually Vīrabhadra’s side)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce gaṇa or Vīrabhadra-like figure proclaims judgment against the arrogant ritualists; the yajña hall trembles, flames flare, and the priests recoil as mantra-authority is invoked as the standard.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Gaṇa
• Gaṇeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power without reverence for mantra and dharma becomes arrogance, and arrogance invites downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra within the Prabhāsa region, presented as a sacred setting where dharma is defended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse stresses accepting mantra as pramāṇa (ritual authority).