Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अन्ये परस्परं जघ्नुर्मुष्टिभिश्चरणैस्तथा । एवं तत्र तदा क्षिप्तं यद्द्रव्यं नारदेन तु

Transliteration

anye parasparaṃ jaghnurmuṣṭibhiścaraṇaistathā | evaṃ tatra tadā kṣiptaṃ yaddravyaṃ nāradena tu

Translation

D’autres se frappaient l’un l’autre de poings et de pieds. Ainsi, les richesses que Nārada avait jetées là en ce temps-là engendrèrent une telle scène.

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• परस्परम्: each other
• परस्परम्: Karma (Reciprocal object/परस्पर-कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परवाचक (mutually)

• जघ्नुः: struck/beat
• जघ्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they struck/killed’

• मुष्टिभिः: with fists
• मुष्टिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• चरणैः: with feet
• चरणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/also)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/निगमन (thus/in this way)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)

• क्षिप्तम्: thrown
• क्षिप्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘thrown’ (qualifies ‘द्रव्यम्’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun: which)

• द्रव्यम्: wealth/objects
• द्रव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• नारदेन: by Narada
• नारदेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्मणि कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/भेद (but/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Men strike with fists and feet around a spot where Nārada has thrown wealth; Nārada stands apart as the unseen/implicit instigator, the scene spiraling into chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth can become a cause of violence when desire and envy overpower restraint; charity must be guided by discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the narrative leading to Kalakaleśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dana (giving/wealth-distribution) is implied, shown here in a problematic form that triggers quarrel.