Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

कृकलासवाहनश्च रत्तिकाकर्णभूषणः । गृहाण्यवेक्ष्य वृष्णीनां नादृश्यत पुनः क्वचित्

Transliteration

kṛkalāsavāhanaśca rattikākarṇabhūṣaṇaḥ | gṛhāṇyavekṣya vṛṣṇīnāṃ nādṛśyata punaḥ kvacit

Translation

તેનું વાહન કૃકલાસ (છિપકલી) હતું અને કાનમાં રત્તિકા-આભૂષણો હતાં. વೃಷ્ણિઓના ઘરો નિહાળી તે ફરી ક્યાંય પણ દેખાયો નહીં.

Word by Word

• kṛkalāsa-vāhanaḥ: having a lizard as his mount
• kṛkalāsa-vāhanaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛkalāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कृकलासः वाहनं यस्य)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction

• rattikā-karṇa-bhūṣaṇaḥ: wearing rattikā as ear-ornament
• rattikā-karṇa-bhūṣaṇaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rattikā (प्रातिपदिक) + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रत्तिकायाः कर्णभूषणम् यस्य)

• gṛhāṇi: houses
• gṛhāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• avekṣya: having inspected
• avekṣya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; √अव-ईक्ष् = ‘having looked at/inspected’

• vṛṣṇīnām: of the Vṛṣṇis
• vṛṣṇīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) = negation particle

• adṛśyata: was seen, appeared
• adṛśyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) = ‘was seen/appeared’

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक) = adverb ‘again’

• kvacit: anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Indefinite location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/काल-अनिश्चित) = indefinite adverb ‘anywhere/ever’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The portent-figure rides a lizard, wearing small seed/berry-like ear ornaments, silently surveying the Vṛṣṇi houses before vanishing without trace.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣṇi
• kṛkalāsa (lizard)
• rattikā (ornament/seed-bead)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Omens may appear briefly yet decisively; the Purāṇa teaches alertness to dharmic decline and the inevitability of karmic fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred setting where the Vṛṣṇis’ final signs are narrated within the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is an omen description.