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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

कृत्यामनुजगामाशु विष्णोश्चक्रं सुदर्शनम् । कृत्या वाराणसीं प्राप्ता तस्याश्चक्रं तु पृष्ठतः

Transliteration

kṛtyāmanujagāmāśu viṣṇoścakraṃ sudarśanam | kṛtyā vārāṇasīṃ prāptā tasyāścakraṃ tu pṛṣṭhataḥ

Translation

Sudarśana, le disque de Viṣṇu, poursuivit promptement la Kṛtyā. La Kṛtyā atteignit Vārāṇasī, et le disque la suivait de tout près.

Word by Word
कृत्याthe Kṛtyā (female magical creation)
कृत्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
अनुजगामfollowed
अनुजगाम:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + गम् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
आशुquickly
आशु:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; शीघ्रार्थे (quickly)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
चक्रम्the discus
चक्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
सुदर्शनम्Sudarśana (beautiful/auspicious to behold)
सुदर्शनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘चक्रम्’
कृत्याthe Kṛtyā
कृत्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
वाराणसीम्Vārāṇasī
वाराणसीम्:
Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
TypeNoun
Rootवाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; देश/नगरनाम
प्राप्ताreached
प्राप्ता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे—‘reached’
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
चक्रम्the discus
चक्रम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)
पृष्ठतःfrom behind/behind
पृष्ठतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृष्ठतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक (from/at the back, behind)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark, fear-driven kṛtyā flees toward the luminous ghāṭs of Vārāṇasī while Sudarśana—radiant, spinning, halo-like—closes in, the city’s temples and riverfront forming a sacred boundary.

Characters & Entities
S
Sudarśana Cakra
V
Viṣṇu
K
Kṛtyā
V
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

Harmful acts cannot escape consequence; destructive intent is pursued by dharma’s corrective force.

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) is explicitly named, presented as a pivotal sacred city within the purāṇic map.

None; the verse continues the narrative of pursuit and karmic reversal.

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