Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

दशमो भाव्यसंभूतो याज्ञवल्क्यपुरःसरः । अनुकर्षश्च वै सेनां हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलाम्

Transliteration

daśamo bhāvyasaṃbhūto yājñavalkyapuraḥsaraḥ | anukarṣaśca vai senāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām

Translation

La dixième incarnation s’élèvera dans l’avenir, avec Yājñavalkya à l’avant-garde ; et il entraînera une armée foisonnante d’éléphants, de chevaux et de chars.

Word by Word

• दशमः: tenth
• दशमः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• भाव्यसंभूतः: born in the future; future-born
• भाव्यसंभूतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाव्य + संभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'संभूत' = भू (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः—भाव्ये (भविष्ये) संभूतः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः/अधिकरण-तत्पुरुषः)

• याज्ञवल्क्यपुरःसरः: having Yājñavalkya as the forerunner
• याज्ञवल्क्यपुरःसरः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—याज्ञवल्क्यस्य पुरःसरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• अनुकर्षः: Anukarṣa (name)
• अनुकर्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुकर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed)

• सेनाम्: army
• सेनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलाम्: crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots
• हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्ति + अश्व + रथ + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'सेनाम्' इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्; समासः—हस्तिभिः अश्वैः रथैः संकुला (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः/बहु-उपपद-समासः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kalki as the tenth avatāra is envisioned advancing with Yājñavalkya leading, drawing a vast fourfold army—elephants, horses, chariots—suggesting an organized, dharma-sanctioned campaign at the end of Kali-yuga.

Characters & Entities

• Tenth incarnation (Kalki implied by context)
• Yājñavalkya
• Army (senā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s restoration is portrayed not only as spiritual but as a decisive correction of social disorder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the celebrated setting of the discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the future advent and his martial retinue.