Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

युगायुतं सहस्रैस्तु भोक्ष्यमाणं सुदारुणम् । अत्याश्चर्य्यमभूत्तत्र दिलीप श्रूयतां महत्

Transliteration

yugāyutaṃ sahasraistu bhokṣyamāṇaṃ sudāruṇam | atyāścaryyamabhūttatra dilīpa śrūyatāṃ mahat

Translation

Pendant des milliers de yugas, il devait endurer ce tourment, assurément très redoutable. Pourtant, il se produisit là un grand miracle — ô Dilīpa, écoute-le.

Word by Word

• युगायुतम्: ten thousand yugas (a vast period)
• युगायुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (युगानाम् अयुतम्)

• सहस्रैः: by thousands
• सहस्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• भोक्ष्यमाणम्: to be consumed
• भोक्ष्यमाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + श्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भविष्यत्कर्मणि कृदन्त (future passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be eaten/consumed’

• सुदारुणम्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भोक्ष्यमाणम्/युगायुतम् इत्यस्य)

• अति: exceedingly
• अति: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier)

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder
• आश्चर्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/भाव), एकवचन

• अभूत्: became/occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• दिलीप: O Dilīpa
• दिलीप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिलीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (let it be heard)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (आश्चर्यम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages; internal address to King Dilīpa retained from the source narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārāvatī (miracle to be revealed)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dilīpa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cosmic time visualized: a small suffering creature beneath a vast wheel of yugas; above, a radiant ‘wonder’ beginning to dawn, with Dilīpa listening to a sage-narrator.

Characters & Entities

• Dilīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when karmic suffering seems immeasurably long, divine grace can intervene through extraordinary means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s theological horizon is Dvārakā’s greatness, setting up a miracle connected to Kṛṣṇa’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a forthcoming ‘great wonder’ in the story.