Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

जगत्यस्मिन्यदा कश्चिद्वैपरीत्येन वर्तते । तस्योच्छेदं समागत्य करोत्येव जनार्दनः

Transliteration

jagatyasminyadā kaścidvaiparītyena vartate | tasyocchedaṃ samāgatya karotyeva janārdanaḥ

Translation

Dans ce monde, lorsque quelqu’un agit de façon perverse, à rebours du dharma, Janārdana vient à coup sûr et accomplit son retranchement.

Word by Word

• जगति: in the world
• जगति: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (deictic qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम

• यदा: when
• यदा: Temporal (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम

• वैपरीत्येन: by perversity/contrary way
• वैपरीत्येन: Karana (Manner/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैपरीत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक; ‘by contrariness’

• वर्तते: behaves/acts
• वर्तते: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तस्य: of him/of that one
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उच्छेदम्: destruction/removal
• उच्छेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समागत्य: having come/approached
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• करोति: does/makes
• करोति: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Vāmana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Janamejaya (with Nārada and others present)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: the world in disorder (viparyaya), and Janārdana appearing as a radiant preserver, subduing the adhārmika force and re-establishing balance.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Dharma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma is not ultimately self-sustaining; the Purāṇa affirms divine correction to restore balance and protect the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa; it supports the sacred narrative atmosphere rather than naming a rite at the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.