Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन तूष्णींभूता जलेचराः

Transliteration

evamuktastu kṛṣṇena tūṣṇīṃbhūtā jalecarāḥ

Translation

Ainsi admonestés par Kṛṣṇa, les habitants des eaux demeurèrent silencieux.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकृदन्तः (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे—‘(सः) उक्तः’ (having been addressed)

• tu: then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अन्वय/विरोधार्थक (but/then)

• kṛṣṇena: by Krishna
• kṛṣṇena: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृकरणे (by Kṛṣṇa)

• tūṣṇīm: silently
• tūṣṇīm: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūṣṇīm (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (silently)

• bhūtāḥ: became
• bhūtāḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकृदन्तः, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्तरि—‘भूताः’ (became)

• jalecarāḥ: water-dwellers
• jalecarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jale + cara (प्रातिपदिक; √car धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (jale caranti iti), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (narrating); Kṛṣṇa is the one who spoke in the prior verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed explicitly in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa stands at the shore; the ocean’s beings—fish, nāgas, makaras—pause mid-motion, the waters becoming unnaturally calm under his address.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Jalecaras (aquatic beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine instruction is accepted, agitation subsides—peace arises through trust in dharmic authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa coastal tīrtha context where Kṛṣṇa/Daityasūdana intervenes in the oceanic episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes a narrative moment of reassurance and restored order.