Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवो विविधायुधपाणयः । क्रोधसंरक्तनयनाः शपन्तो ब्राह्मणं तथा

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavo vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ | krodhasaṃraktanayanāḥ śapanto brāhmaṇaṃ tathā

Translation

Ceux-ci et bien d’autres encore, portant des armes diverses, les yeux rougis de colère, proféraient aussi des malédictions contre le brāhmane.

Word by Word

• ete: these (persons)
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ: (those) whose hands held various weapons
• vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound) = विविध-आयुध-पाणि (having various weapons in hand), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• krodhasaṃraktanayanāḥ: with eyes reddened by anger
• krodhasaṃraktanayanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃrakta (कृदन्त; √rañj रञ्ज्, past participle) + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः = क्रोध-संरक्त-नयन (eyes reddened with anger), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• śapantaḥ: cursing
• śapantaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (शप्) (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), परस्मैपदी, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• brāhmaṇam: the brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of furious daityas with varied weapons closes in, eyes bloodshot; they spit curses toward a calm brāhmaṇa-sage at the center, with Dvārakā’s sea-lit skyline behind.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (Durvāsā)
• Daityas/Dānavas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cursing and threatening the righteous is self-destructive; dharma condemns aggression toward brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sanctified sphere, where the brāhmaṇa is not abandoned and adharma is opposed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical warning embedded in narrative form.