Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

एकीभूतास्ततस्तस्य कालपर्यायप्रेरिताः । भोजांधका महाराजं शैनेयं पर्यवारयन्

Transliteration

ekībhūtāstatastasya kālaparyāyapreritāḥ | bhojāṃdhakā mahārājaṃ śaineyaṃ paryavārayan

Translation

Alors, poussés par le retournement du Temps, les Bhoja et les Andhaka s’unirent et encerclèrent de toutes parts le grand roi Śaineya (Sātyaki).

Word by Word

• एकीभूताः: united, become one
• एकीभूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकीभू (धातु-समास/भाव) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त (from then/thereafter)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कालपर्यायप्रेरिताः: impelled by the turn of time
• कालपर्यायप्रेरिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्याय (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेरित (प्रातिपदिक; √ईर्/प्रेर् + णिच् + क्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘कालस्य पर्यायः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + ‘तेन प्रेरिताः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष-भाव); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भोजान्धकाः: the Bhojas and Andhakas
• भोजान्धकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्वन्द्व, इतरेतर); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महाराजम्: the great king
• महाराजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय: महांश्चासौ राजा); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शैनेयम्: Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• शैनेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पर्यवारयन्: surrounded, encircled
• पर्यवारयन्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) + परि- + अव- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of Bhojas and Andhakas, newly united, closes in around Śaineya/Sātyaki; the atmosphere is fated and tense, with dust and weapons raised, while the sacred coastal landscape of Prabhāsa looms in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Bhojas
• Andhakas
• Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• Kāla (Time, as fate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When kāla ripens, even mighty clans move as if compelled—teaching humility before time and the need to live dharmically before the turn comes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, remembered as the pilgrimage region where Time completes the Yādavas’ destined arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes kāla (the force of time) within the narrative.