Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

उत्पेदिरे महावाता दारुणा हि दिने दिने । वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय बहवो लोमहर्षणाः

Transliteration

utpedire mahāvātā dāruṇā hi dine dine | vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya bahavo lomaharṣaṇāḥ

Translation

Jour après jour se levèrent de grands vents, terribles; nombreux étaient ceux qui faisaient frissonner, présageant la ruine des Vṛṣṇis et des Andhakas.

Word by Word

• उत्पेदिरे: arose, sprang up
• उत्पेदिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: पद्, उपसर्ग: उत्

• महावाताः: great winds
• महावाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समास: महा + वात (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

• दारुणाः: terrible, fierce
• दारुणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (महावाताः इति)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• दिने: in (each) day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (दिने दिने = day after day)

• वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय: for the destruction of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas
• वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय: Sampradana/Purpose (चतुर्थी-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि + अन्धक + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समास: वृष्णि-अन्धक- (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: वृष्ण्यन्धकानां) + विनाश (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (महावाताः/लोमहर्षणाः इति)

• लोमहर्षणाः: hair-raising, causing horripilation
• लोमहर्षणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोम + हर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समास: लोमानि हर्षयन्ति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भाव)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Day after day, violent winds sweep through the settlement—trees bending, dust and sea-spray rising—people shuddering as the air itself foretells the Vṛṣṇi-Andhaka destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣṇi
• Andhaka
• mahāvāta (great wind)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When collective karma ripens, nature itself mirrors the inner disorder; the Purāṇa urges timely return to dharma and remembrance of the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya frames these cosmic portents around a famed pilgrimage coast.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse focuses on atmospheric omens.