Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

ततः कंसं समाकृष्य कृष्णो मंचोपरि स्थितम् । पादौ गृहीत्वा वेगेन भ्रामयामास चांबरे

Transliteration

tataḥ kaṃsaṃ samākṛṣya kṛṣṇo maṃcopari sthitam | pādau gṛhītvā vegena bhrāmayāmāsa cāṃbare

Translation

പിന്നീട് കൃഷ്ണൻ മഞ്ചത്തിന്മേൽ നിന്നിരുന്ന കംസനെ വലിച്ചെടുത്തു; അവന്റെ പാദങ്ങൾ പിടിച്ച് ശക്തമായ വേഗത്തിൽ അവനെ ആകാശത്തിൽ ചുഴറ്റി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• kaṃsam: Kaṃsa
• kaṃsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samākṛṣya: having pulled (him) towards himself
• samākṛṣya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-kṛṣ (धातु √कृष्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गाः: सम् + आ

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• maṃca-upari: upon the platform
• maṃca-upari: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: maṃca (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (on the platform)

• sthitam: standing/placed
• sthitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु √स्था)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (kaṃsam) विशेषणम्

• pādau: (his) two feet
• pādau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• gṛhītvā: having seized
• gṛhītvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु √ग्रह्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• vegena: with speed/force
• vegena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• bhrāmayāmāsa: he whirled (him) around
• bhrāmayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु √भ्रम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचन; णिच् (causative) — भ्रामयति

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ambare: in the air
• ambare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā-kṣetra (Raṅgabhūmi smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa stands on the platform, grips Kaṃsa by the feet, and whirls him through the air; garments flare; the court recoils; pillars and banners frame the motion.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Kaṃsa
• platform (mañca)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma, however elevated, is pulled down; divine justice acts swiftly when the time ripens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the narrative locale is Mathurā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.