Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

परित्यक्ता वयं भद्रे यादवैः सुमहात्मभिः

Transliteration

parityaktā vayaṃ bhadre yādavaiḥ sumahātmabhiḥ

Translation

«Ô douce dame, nous avons été délaissés par les Yādava, ces âmes magnanimes.»

Word by Word

• parityaktāḥ: abandoned
• parityaktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृत् (क्त) = past passive participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; agrees with vayaṃ; meaning ‘abandoned’

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; address

• yādavaiḥ: by the Yādavas
• yādavaiḥ: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; agent in passive construction

• su-mahātmabhiḥ: by the very great-souled
• su-mahātmabhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘by very great-souled (ones)’; compound: कर्मधारय (su + mahātmā)

Speaker

Arjuna (reported within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhadrā (gentle lady; interlocutrix)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful address to a ‘bhadrā’ woman: figures in travel-worn garments at Prabhāsa’s coastal sacred landscape, expressing abandonment by the Yādavas; distant shrine silhouettes and sea-wind atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Yādavas
• Jāmbavatī (implied listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the support of the mighty is transient; dharma urges steadiness and refuge in sacred acts and sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line is part of the narrative leading into the Jāmbavatī river tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative context.