Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

सोऽहं प्रजानिमित्तं त्वां हनिष्यामि वसुन्धरे । यदि मे वचनं नाद्य करिष्यसि जगद्धितम्

Transliteration

so'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasundhare | yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam

Translation

C'est pourquoi, pour le bien du peuple, je te tuerai, ô Vasundharā, si aujourd'hui tu n'exécutes pas ma parole qui vise le bien du monde.

Word by Word

• saḥ: that (I), he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• prajā-nimittam: for the sake of the subjects
• prajā-nimittam: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + nimitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजायाः निमित्तम्)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• haniṣyāmi: I will kill
• haniṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vasundhare: O Earth
• vasundhare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional conjunction)

• me: my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मम-आदेशः

• vacanam: command, word
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (time adverb)

• kariṣyasi: you will do
• kariṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jagat-hitām: what is beneficial to the world
• jagat-hitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः हितम्)

Speaker

Rājā (Vainya / Pṛthu, the king in this episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful archer-king/divine figure addresses Vasundharā personified as a goddess emerging from the ground; the moment is an ultimatum—obey for world welfare or face the arrow.

Characters & Entities

• Vasundharā (Earth)
• Prajā (subjects)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A ruler frames authority as responsibility for jagad-hita (world-welfare), even while warning against obstruction of dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the māhātmya uses this famed Purāṇic episode within its sacred-topography narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative moment emphasizing duty toward prajā.