Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मासनगतो ह्येष यः सूतो विनिपातितः । तथा ह्येते द्विजाः सर्वे मामवेक्ष्य विनिर्गताः

Transliteration

brahmāsanagato hyeṣa yaḥ sūto vinipātitaḥ | tathā hyete dvijāḥ sarve māmavekṣya vinirgatāḥ

Translation

“For the Sūta whom I struck down was seated upon a Brahmin’s seat; and indeed all these brāhmaṇas, seeing me, have gone away.”

Word by Word

• brahma-āsana-gataḥ: seated on Brahmā’s seat
• brahma-āsana-gataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः आसनं; तस्मिन् गतः); पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• eṣaḥ: this (person)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संबन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sūtaḥ: the sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vinipātitaḥ: was struck down
• vinipātitaḥ: Kriya (State/result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+ni+pat (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle; क्त), पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• dvijāḥ: brahmins
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• avekṣya: having seen
• avekṣya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ava+īkṣ (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) ‘अवेक्ष्य’ = ‘अवलोक्य’

• vinirgatāḥ: went out
• vinirgatāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+nis+gam (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle in sense; क्त), पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Balarāma (Halāyudha), in self-reproach

Characters & Entities

• Balarāma
• Sūta
• Dvijas
• Brahmāsana (Brahminical seat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence against one associated with Brahminical sanctity is treated as extremely grave; the righteous distance themselves from such impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative teaches the weight of sacred norms and the need for purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit: the inviolability of ‘brahmāsana’ (Brahminical seat) and the social-ritual response of sages withdrawing.