Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

नंदव्रजं गते देवे पूतनाशोषणे सति । घातिते च तृणावर्ते शकटे परिवर्तिते

Transliteration

naṃdavrajaṃ gate deve pūtanāśoṣaṇe sati | ghātite ca tṛṇāvarte śakaṭe parivartite

Translation

Lorsque le Seigneur se rendit au Vraja de Nanda—après avoir tari la vie de Pūtanā, après avoir abattu Tṛṇāvarta et renversé le chariot—ces prodiges furent accomplis.

Word by Word

• नन्द-व्रजम्: to Nanda's Vraja
• नन्द-व्रजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—नन्दस्य व्रजः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘देवे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• देवे: when the Lord (was)
• देवे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘गते’ इत्यनेन सह सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

• पूतना-शोषणे: at the drying-up (killing) of Pūtanā
• पूतना-शोषणे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतना (प्रातिपदिक) + शोषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—पूतनायाः शोषणम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सति: while it was (so), when it occurred
• सति: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute)

• घातिते: when (he) was slain
• घातिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (तृणावर्ते) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तृणावर्ते: (in the case of) Tṛṇāvarta
• तृणावर्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृणावर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शकटे: (when) the cart
• शकटे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परिवर्तिते: when it was overturned
• परिवर्तिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘शकटे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vraja (Gokula/Vṛndāvana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: Kṛṣṇa in Vraja—Pūtanā collapsing after the life is drawn out; whirlwind demon Tṛṇāvarta slain; the cart (śakaṭa) overturned by the child’s kick; cowherd setting with astonished gopas and Yaśodā.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (Deva/Lord)
• Nanda
• Vraja
• Pūtanā
• Tṛṇāvarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s līlās portray divine protection: even in infancy, He removes threats and safeguards devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vraja is referenced as narrative setting; the section’s main tirtha focus remains Dvārakā, developed later.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a condensed recollection of līlā events.