Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इत्यादिश्य हृषीकेशं पार्थदुर्योधनावपि । जगाम द्वारकां शौरिः स्वसैन्यैश्च परीवृतः

Transliteration

ityādiśya hṛṣīkeśaṃ pārthaduryodhanāvapi | jagāma dvārakāṃ śauriḥ svasainyaiśca parīvṛtaḥ

Translation

Having thus instructed Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa), and also Arjuna (Pārtha) and Duryodhana, Śauri (Balarāma) departed for Dvārakā, surrounded by his own troops.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आदिश्य: having instructed
• आदिश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having instructed/ordered’

• हृषीकेशम्: Hrishikesha (Krishna)
• हृषीकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• पार्थदुर्योधनौ: Partha and Duryodhana
• पार्थदुर्योधनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Dual; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• अपि: also
• अपि: Addition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• द्वारकाम्: to Dvaraka
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• शौरिः: Shauri (Balarama/Krishna epithet; here Balarama)
• शौरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• स्वसैन्यैः: with his own troops
• स्वसैन्यैः: Karana/Association (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; कर्मधारय (स्वं सैन्यम्)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• परीवृतः: surrounded, accompanied
• परीवृतः: Karta (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — PPP, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; शौरिणः विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Balarāma, after giving instructions to Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa), Arjuna, and Duryodhana, departs toward Dvārakā with a disciplined column of troops—an ominous calm before the storm.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Duryodhana
• Śauri (Balarāma)
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Leadership and dharma are shown through counsel and orderly departure—actions framed within sacred-history that supports the māhātmya narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, while this verse briefly foregrounds Dvārakā as the Yādava sacred city within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative transition (instruction and departure).