Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पश्यतां देव दैत्यानां भोजराजे निपातिते । यदुपुर्यामभिषिक्त उग्रसेने नराधिपे

Transliteration

paśyatāṃ deva daityānāṃ bhojarāje nipātite | yadupuryāmabhiṣikta ugrasene narādhipe

Translation

ദേവരും ദൈത്യരും നോക്കിനിൽക്കെ ഭോജരാജൻ നിപാതിതനായപ്പോൾ; യദുപുരിയിൽ ഉഗ്രസേനൻ നരാധിപനായി അഭിഷിക്തനായപ്പോൾ—

Word by Word

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching
• पश्यताम्: अधिकरण (Locative sense via genitive absolute/सप्तमी-तुल्य प्रयोग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत् (कृदन्त, √पश्-दर्शने)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle) — 'while (they) are seeing'

• देव: of the gods
• देव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; 'देवानाम्' (विसर्ग-लोप/छन्दः)

• दैत्यानाम्: of the demons
• दैत्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भोजराजे: when the Bhoja king (Kaṃsa)
• भोजराजे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—भोजानां राजा इति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• निपातिते: having been slain/fallen
• निपातिते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute with भोजराजे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपातित (कृदन्त, √पत्-गत्यर्थे, नि-उपसर्ग, णिच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• यदुपुर्याम्: in the city of the Yadus (Dvārakā/Mathurā context)
• यदुपुर्याम्: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदुपुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—यदूनां पुरी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अभिषिक्तः: was consecrated/anointed
• अभिषिक्तः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिषिक्त (कृदन्त, √सिच्-सेचने, अभि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय

• उग्रसेने: when Ugrasena
• उग्रसेने: अधिकरण (Locative absolute with नराधिपे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नराधिपे: as king/lord of men
• नराधिपे: अधिकरण (Locative; apposition to उग्रसेने)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—नराणाम् अधिपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yadu-purī (Mathurā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the wrestling arena, Kaṃsa is struck down as celestial beings and asuras look on; then a royal abhiṣeka scene: Ugrasena seated on the throne, priests pouring consecration waters, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma standing as protectors.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Daityas
• Bhojarāja (Kaṃsa)
• Yadupurī
• Ugrasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is restored when tyranny falls and rightful rule is established through divine intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yadupurī/Mathurā is evoked as a sacred royal and līlā landscape, leading into Dvārakā’s later sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse mentions abhiṣeka (royal consecration) as a historical act.