Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कुशः क्रोधसमन्वितः । कथं गोलकहंतारं न हनिष्यामि केशवम्

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuśaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | kathaṃ golakahaṃtāraṃ na haniṣyāmi keśavam

Translation

Ayant entendu ces paroles, Kuśa, empli de colère, déclara : «Comment ne tuerais-je pas Keśava, le meurtrier de Golaka ?»

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• कुशः: Kuśa (proper name)
• कुशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्रोध-समन्वितः: filled with anger
• क्रोध-समन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (क्रोधेन समन्वितः)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• गोलक-हन्तारम्: the slayer of Golaka
• गोलक-हन्तारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोलक (प्रातिपदिक) + हन्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गोलकस्य हन्ता)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• हनिष्यामि: shall I kill
• हनिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• केशवम्: Keśava (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Kuśa (daitya king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly; responding to Sunāma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kuśa, eyes reddened with rage, clenches his weapon and declares his intent to kill Keśava; behind him, anxious daityas and the distant glint of the river confluence.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa
• Keśava
• Golaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger (krodha) fuels adharma and blinds judgment, driving hostility even against the divine protector of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative context connected to Gomati-saṅgama and Dvārakā’s sacred sphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declaration of intent to fight.