Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 122
Devanagari script
पपात महती चोल्का निहत्य रविमंडलम् । अपसव्यं मृगाश्चक्रुस्तस्य मार्गे नृपोत्तम
Transliteration
papāta mahatī colkā nihatya ravimaṃḍalam | apasavyaṃ mṛgāścakrustasya mārge nṛpottama
Translation
大いなる流星が落ち、まるで太陽の円盤を打つかのようであった。しかも獣たちは不吉にも左へと彼の道筋に沿って動いた、ああ最上の王よ。
Word by Word
पपातfell
पपात:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
महतीgreat, huge
महती:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
चोल्काmeteor/fireball
चोल्का:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउल्का (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
निहत्यhaving struck/destroyed
निहत्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि-हन् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)
रविमण्डलम्the sun’s disc
रविमण्डलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरवि (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (रवेः मण्डलम्)
अपसव्यम्counterclockwise, to the left
अपसव्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप + सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (Adverb); अव्ययीभाव-समासः = ‘to the left/inauspiciously (counterclockwise)’
मृगाःdeer/animals
मृगाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
चक्रुःdid/made
चक्रुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
मार्गेon the path
मार्गे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
नृपोत्तमO best of kings
नृपोत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः = ‘श्रेष्ठः नृपः’
Speaker
Narrator addressing 'nṛpottama' (best of kings)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King (नृपोत्तम)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A blazing meteor streaks across the sky as if striking the sun’s disk; the light turns eerie. Deer and other beasts cross leftward (apasavya) before the chariot; the king’s path is marked by dread.
Characters & Entities
R
Ravi (Sun)C
Colkā (meteor)M
Mṛga (beasts)FAQs
The cosmos mirrors moral disorder; ominous celestial and terrestrial signs foretell the failure of adharma.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse.
None in this verse.