Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

धन्योवाच । केनायं हि समानीतो दूतो दुष्टजनस्य च । यातु तेन पथा पापः पुनर्नायाति येन च

Transliteration

dhanyovāca | kenāyaṃ hi samānīto dūto duṣṭajanasya ca | yātu tena pathā pāpaḥ punarnāyāti yena ca

Translation

ダンヤーは言った。「あの悪しき者の使者を、いったい誰がここへ連れて来たのですか。あの罪人は来た道そのままに去り、二度と戻らぬように。」

Word by Word

• धन्यः: Dhanya
• धन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• केन: by whom?/with what?
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Avadharana (Particle function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• समानीतः: brought/led here
• समानीतः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दूतः: messenger
• दूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुष्टजनस्य: of the wicked person
• दुष्टजनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट + जन (प्रातिपदिक); कर्मधारय-समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यातु: let him go
• यातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पथा: by the path/way
• पथा: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पापः: the sinner
• पापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• आयाति: comes
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Dhanyā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvāravatī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanyā stands resolute, questioning who brought the wicked man’s messenger; she gestures toward the gate/road, ordering him to leave the way he came.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanyā
• Dūta (messenger)
• Kṛṣṇa (implied as the one being criticized)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief may express itself as rejection; the text depicts raw human emotion within devotion, later to be refined into steadier remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the māhātmya setting; the messenger episode is embedded in the sacred narrative of Kṛṣṇa’s city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a dramatic statement within dialogue.