Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

न मे सुहृन्न मे द्वेष्यः कश्चिदस्ति धरातले । विद्धः शरशतेनापि नाऽकाले म्रियते यतः

Transliteration

na me suhṛnna me dveṣyaḥ kaścidasti dharātale | viddhaḥ śaraśatenāpi nā'kāle mriyate yataḥ

Translation

「地上において、わたしには友もなく敵もない。たとえ人が百の矢に貫かれようとも、定めの時以前には死なぬからである。」

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; enclitic form

• suhṛt: friend
• suhṛt: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सुहृत्-शब्द

• na: nor / not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; enclitic form

• dveṣyaḥ: enemy / one to be hated
• dveṣyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dveṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘द्वेष्य’ = hated person

• kaścit: anyone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• asti: is / exists
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dharātale: on the surface of the earth
• dharātale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; धरायाः तलम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• viddhaḥ: pierced
• viddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyadh (व्यध् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘pierced’

• śaraśatena: by a hundred arrows
• śaraśatena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara-śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘शतानि शराः’ इति द्विगु-समास

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• akāle: at an untimely time
• akāle: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष/नञ्-समासभाव: ‘अकाले’ = at an improper time

• mriyate: dies
• mriyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (मृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ-अव्यय (causal indeclinable: ‘because/for’)

Speaker

Yama (Dharmarāja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇa-sattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama speaks with serene neutrality; in the background a symbolic vignette shows a warrior pierced by many arrows yet still alive, illustrating ‘not before time’.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Kāla (Time)
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic justice is impartial, and death occurs only when one’s destined time ripens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra provides the sacred narrative setting where dharma and kāla are taught with authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes inevitability of kāla rather than a specific rite.