Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवो घातिताः केशवेन हि । दानवान्पतितान्दृष्ट्वा कुशः परमकोपितः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavo ghātitāḥ keśavena hi | dānavānpatitāndṛṣṭvā kuśaḥ paramakopitaḥ

Translation

Voyant que ceux-ci et beaucoup d'autres Dānavas avaient été tués par Keśava, Kuśa, en regardant les démons tombés, devint extrêmement furieux.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (एते/अन्ये)

• घातिताः: were killed
• घातिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त/PPP, causative sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि ‘were slain/caused to be killed’

• केशवेन: by Keśava
• केशवेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/causal)

• दानवान्: the demons (Dānavas)
• दानवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• पतितान्: fallen
• पतितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (√पत्, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दानवान्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

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

• परमकोपितः: extremely enraged
• परमकोपितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + कोपित (√कुप्, णिच् + क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (परमः कोपितः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुशः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A field strewn with fallen dānavas; Kuśa stands amid the bodies, eyes blazing, gripping weapons as wrath surges against Keśava.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Kuśa
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked rage (krodha) arises from attachment to one’s faction; the Purāṇas frame such anger as a force that further binds beings to conflict rather than dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the setting within the Dvārakā-māhātmya, linking the divine acts of Keśava to the sacred geography of the city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it serves as narrative context within the māhātmya.