Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं प्रददतस्तस्य यजतश्च तथा मखैः । ययौ कालो द्विजश्रेष्ठा भोगांश्चैवानुभुञ्जतः

Transliteration

evaṃ pradadatastasya yajataśca tathā makhaiḥ | yayau kālo dvijaśreṣṭhā bhogāṃścaivānubhuñjataḥ

Translation

Ô meilleur des brahmanes, alors qu'il continuait ainsi à donner et à accomplir des sacrifices, le temps passa, tandis qu'il jouissait aussi de ses plaisirs légitimes.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)

• प्रददतः: of (him) giving / while giving
• प्रददतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु) → प्रददत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी/सप्तमी एकवचन-रूपसदृशम्; अत्र षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular) ‘of him who is giving’

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• यजतः: of (him) sacrificing / while sacrificing
• यजतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु) → यजत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular) ‘of him who is sacrificing’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise, in the same way
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समता-वाचक (adverb: likewise)

• मखैः: by sacrifices, with rites
• मखैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• ययौ: went, passed
• ययौ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘द्विजानां श्रेष्ठः’); पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (8th/vocative), बहुवचन

• भोगान्: enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• अनुभुञ्जतः: of (him) enjoying
• अनुभुञ्जतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-भुज् (धातु) → अनुभुञ्जत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular) ‘of him who is enjoying’

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like court scene: sacrificial altar with priests chanting, the king giving gifts, and later the king in measured royal enjoyment—music, counsel, and family—under the steady passage of time symbolized by sun/moon or a turning wheel.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dhārmic life balances yajña, dāna, and legitimate enjoyment—yet time still carries all beings toward karmic outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative associated with Kṛṣṇa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Makha/yajña (sacrificial rites) are mentioned alongside continual giving (dāna).