Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

तथान्यानपि निघ्नंतं युयुधानं समंततः । अन्वधावद्धृषीकेशो विनिवारयिषुस्तथा

Transliteration

tathānyānapi nighnaṃtaṃ yuyudhānaṃ samaṃtataḥ | anvadhāvaddhṛṣīkeśo vinivārayiṣustathā

Translation

And as Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) went on slaying others on every side, Hṛṣīkeśa ran after him, seeking to restrain him.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• निघ्नन्तम्: striking/killing
• निघ्नन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग) + शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• युयुधानम्: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana (Spatial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• अन्वधावत्: ran after, pursued
• अन्वधावत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव् (धातु) + अनु- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हृषीकेशः: Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
• हृषीकेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विनिवारयिषुः: intending to restrain
• विनिवारयिषुः: Karta (Appositional agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृ (धातु) + नि- + वि- (उपसर्ग) + णिच् (causative) + इषु (इषु-प्रत्यय, desiderative/intentive nominal)
• Form: इषु-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक (one intending to do); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yuyudhāna moves through the crowd striking down others; Hṛṣīkeśa runs after him, arm extended, trying to restrain him—divine composure chasing human frenzy.

Characters & Entities

• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes restraint; even rightful power must be checked when anger turns into indiscriminate harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya embeds this moral drama within sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative of attempted intervention.