Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

कृष्ण त्वां प्रेषयिष्यामि यममार्गं सुदारुणम् । इत्युक्त्वा दानवः पार्थ आगतः केशवं प्रति

Transliteration

kṛṣṇa tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi yamamārgaṃ sudāruṇam | ityuktvā dānavaḥ pārtha āgataḥ keśavaṃ prati

Translation

“કૃષ્ણ, હું તને યમના અતિ દારુણ માર્ગે મોકલી દઈશ!” એમ કહી, હે પાર્થ, દાનવ કેશવ તરફ આગળ વધ્યો.

Word by Word

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रेषयिष्यामि: I will send
• प्रेषयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेषय् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'I will send'

• यममार्गम्: the path of Yama (death)
• यममार्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—यमस्य मार्गः

• सुदारुणम्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—सु + दारुण

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having said'

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; पाठे संबोधन; (सम्भवतः 'हे पार्थ')

• आगतः: came
• आगतः: Kriya (Resultant state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः—'has come'

• केशवम्: Keśava
• केशवम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana (Directional adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; दिशार्थे/प्रत्यर्थे (towards)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Skanda framework within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha/Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daitya advances toward Keśava, pointing or raising his weapon as he utters a grim threat about the road of Yama; behind him, a shadowy suggestion of Yama’s path—dark corridor, distant noose—contrasts with Keśava’s calm radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Keśava
• Yama
• Dānava
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogant threats against the Divine and against dharma culminate in self-destruction; the Lord stands as protector of righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) region is the narrative setting of the Revā Khaṇḍa, framing the episode as part of Narmadā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets up the dharmic battle narrative within the Narmadā Māhātmya.