Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ततः कालपरीतास्ते वृष्ण्यंधकमहारथाः । अपश्यन्नुद्धवं यांतं तेजसाऽदीप्य रोदसी

Transliteration

tataḥ kālaparītāste vṛṣṇyaṃdhakamahārathāḥ | apaśyannuddhavaṃ yāṃtaṃ tejasā'dīpya rodasī

Translation

Alors, ces grands guerriers-charretiers des Vṛṣṇi et des Andhaka—accablés par la puissance du Temps—virent Uddhava s’éloigner, flamboyant d’une splendeur qui semblait illuminer ciel et terre.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter/from that)

• कालपरीताः: overcome by time
• कालपरीताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + parīta (कृदन्त; √i (इ) + परि- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण = past passive participle used adjectivally; ‘कालेन परीताः’ (surrounded/overcome by time)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम = pronoun ‘they/those’

• वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः: the great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas
• वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + andhaka (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā-ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः (समाहार/निर्देश) = ‘वृष्ण्यन्धकानां महारथाः’ (great warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas)

• अपश्यन्: saw
• अपश्यन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश्) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they saw’

• उद्धवम्: Uddhava
• उद्धवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uddhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• यान्तम्: going
• यान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yā (या) (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त = present participle; ‘going’ (qualifies उद्धवम्)

• तेजसा: with radiance
• तेजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrument) = ‘by/with radiance’

• आदीप्य: having illuminated
• आदीप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√dīp (दीप्) (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-सम)
• Form: अव्ययभाव (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त) = gerund; ‘having illumined’

• रोदसी: heaven and earth
• रोदसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rodasī (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-प्रयोग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; ‘heaven and earth’ as a dual; कर्म (object of आदीप्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of mighty charioteers watch Uddhava recede; his body emits a luminous aura that seems to light the two worlds; above, a vast sky; below, earth and sea—time’s shadow over the warriors.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Vṛṣṇi
• Andhaka
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time governs embodied destinies, while spiritual attainment shines as inner radiance even amid inevitable change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Yādava clans assemble and the Purāṇic drama unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is descriptive, emphasizing kāla and the spiritual splendor (tejas) of the devoted.