Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अन्येषां यदुवीराणां पापकर्मातिनिर्घृणः । जिजीविषुरिह प्राप्तो वासुदेवनिराकृतः

Transliteration

anyeṣāṃ yaduvīrāṇāṃ pāpakarmātinirghṛṇaḥ | jijīviṣuriha prāpto vāsudevanirākṛtaḥ

Translation

Et (il parla) d’autres héros Yadu—pécheurs dans leurs actes et entièrement dépourvus de compassion. Désireux de m’accrocher à la vie, je suis venu ici, comme rejeté par Vāsudeva.

Word by Word

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• यदुवीराणाम्: of the Yadu heroes
• यदुवीराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु + वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यदूनां वीराः)

• पापकर्म: evil-deeded
• पापकर्म: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (as stem in compound), समासपूर्वपद; कर्मधारय (पापं कर्म यस्य/पापकर्म)

• अतिनिर्घृणः: extremely merciless
• अतिनिर्घृणः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + निर्घृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-तत्पुरुष/अव्ययीभाव-प्राय (अत्यन्तं निर्घृणः)

• जिजीविषुः: wishing to live
• जिजीविषुः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: सन्-इच्छार्थक-प्रातिपदिक (Desiderative adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb/देशवाचक)

• प्राप्तः: arrived/has come
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वासुदेवनिराकृतः: rejected by Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवनिराकृतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासुदेव + निरा-कृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्राय (वासुदेवेन/वासुदेवस्य निराकृतः); क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

Speaker

Arjuna (reported within Īśvara’s narration)

Characters & Entities

• Yadu heroes (Yādavas)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Arjuna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and lineage do not protect one who abandons dharma; the Purāṇic lens reads historical tragedy as ethical instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra’s tīrtha-cycle, where Yādava-associated events frame the sanctity of local rivers and rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a confessional narrative that precedes tīrtha-phala teachings.