Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दैत्य संशयमस्माकं छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः । दुर्वाससश्च कृष्णस्य संभवः कथ्यतामिति

Transliteration

daitya saṃśayamasmākaṃ chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ | durvāsasaśca kṛṣṇasya saṃbhavaḥ kathyatāmiti

Translation

“Please completely dispel our doubt concerning the Daitya; and let the origin-account of Durvāsā and of Kṛṣṇa be told,” they requested.

Word by Word

• दैत्य: O Daitya (demon)
• दैत्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive, Plural (pronoun)

• छेत्तुम्: to cut off / to dispel
• छेत्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), परस्मैपदी — Infinitive: “to cut/resolve”

• अर्हसि: you are able / you ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present Indicative, 2nd person, Singular

• अशेषतः: completely / entirely
• अशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb

• दुर्वाससः: of Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात — Indeclinable conjunction

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संभवः: origin / birth
• संभवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथ्यताम्: let (it) be told
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, कर्मणि-प्रयोग — Imperative, 3rd person, Singular, Passive: “let it be told”

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakya-Suchaka (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक — Quotative indeclinable

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Prahlāda (addressed as capable of resolving)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with earnest faces request a complete cutting of doubt; in the background, shadowy suggestion of a Daitya figure and the austere sage Durvāsā, foreshadowing the coming narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Durvāsā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma values clarified understanding through inquiry—doubts are to be resolved by authoritative narration and remembrance of sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, where sacred history supports the greatness of Dvārakā and its divine presences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse is an invitation to kathā-śravaṇa (hearing sacred narration).