Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अन्यान्प्रमथयिष्यामि कृत्याशस्त्रेण संगतान् । शरणं यदि यास्यंति गीर्वाणा मद्भयातुराः । तथापि पातयिष्यामि तेनैव सह संगतान्

Transliteration

anyānpramathayiṣyāmi kṛtyāśastreṇa saṃgatān | śaraṇaṃ yadi yāsyaṃti gīrvāṇā madbhayāturāḥ | tathāpi pātayiṣyāmi tenaiva saha saṃgatān

Translation

“I shall crush the others who join together, by the weapon of the kṛtyā. Even if the gods—afflicted by fear of me—go for refuge, still I shall strike down those who unite with them as well.”

Word by Word

• anyān: others
• anyān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• pramathayiṣyāmi: I will crush/torment
• pramathayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pramath (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative: ‘I will crush/torment’

• kṛtyā-śastreṇa: with the weapon of kṛtyā (sorcery)
• kṛtyā-śastreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtyā (प्रातिपदिक) + śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृत्यायाः शस्त्रं)

• saṃgatān: assembled
• saṃgatān: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from saṃ+gam)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘assembled/come together’

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• yāsyanti: they will go/seek
• yāsyanti: Kriyā (Verb of motion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• gīrvāṇāḥ: the gods (gīrvāṇas)
• gīrvāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīrvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• mad-bhaya-āturāḥ: distressed by fear of me
• mad-bhaya-āturāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मद्भयेन आतुराः)

• tathāpi: even then
• tathāpi: Sambandha (Concession marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘तथापि’ = concessive particle (even so)

• pātayiṣyāmi: I will strike down
• pātayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative

• tena: with him/with that
• tena: Sahakāraka/Instrument (with him/with that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: ‘with’)

• saṃgatān: assembled
• saṃgatān: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from saṃ+gam)
• Form: क्त-भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Muni (the sage’s son, unnamed)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A terrifying kṛtyā-weapon sweeps across a battlefield-like cosmic sky; gods cluster together, some with hands raised in supplication, yet the ascetic’s resolve remains unsoftened; the composition emphasizes the tragedy of denied refuge.

Characters & Entities

• gīrvāṇāḥ (Devas)
• kṛtyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vengeance expands to consume even the innocent allied with the target; dharma warns against retaliatory escalation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching sacred setting, though this verse emphasizes narrative conflict.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The kṛtyā is treated as a ‘weapon’ (śastra), but no practical rite is prescribed.