Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

उच्छेदस्तव राज्यस्य भविष्यति श्रुतं मया । एवं ज्ञात्वा यथायुक्तं तच्छीघ्रं तु विधीयताम्

Transliteration

ucchedastava rājyasya bhaviṣyati śrutaṃ mayā | evaṃ jñātvā yathāyuktaṃ tacchīghraṃ tu vidhīyatām

Translation

J’ai entendu que la destruction de ton royaume adviendra. Sachant cela, fais préparer sur-le-champ ce qui convient, sans aucun retard.

Word by Word

• उच्छेदः: destruction/overthrow
• उच्छेदः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• राज्यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Content of hearing/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here predicative with implied 'इति'

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• यथा-युक्तम्: as is proper/appropriately
• यथा-युक्तम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial)

• तत्: that (measure/action)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/वेगवाचक (adverb)

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

• विधीयताम्: let it be done/arranged
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आदेशार्थ (let it be done)

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from immediate context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn prophecy: Bali’s kingdom will be destroyed; the advisor urges immediate proper measures—visualize a grave counsel scene with time-symbols (setting sun, wilting garland).

Characters & Entities

• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power is impermanent; dharma requires prompt, appropriate action when warned of impending decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter context is Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse itself is advisory rather than tīrtha-focused.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it urges immediate, proper measures (yathāyukta vidhāna).