Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

येन यूयं सुदुर्वृत्ता नृशंसा जातमन्यवः । उच्छेत्तारः कुलं सर्वमृते रामाज्जनार्द्दनात्

Transliteration

yena yūyaṃ sudurvṛttā nṛśaṃsā jātamanyavaḥ | ucchettāraḥ kulaṃ sarvamṛte rāmājjanārddanāt

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ അത്യന്തം ദുർവൃത്തരും ക്രൂരരും അഹങ്കാരാഗ്നിയിൽ ജ്വലിക്കുന്നവരുമായതിനാൽ, രാമനും ജനാർദ്ദനനും ഒഴികെ നിങ്ങളുടെ മുഴുവൻ കുലവും നിങ്ങൾ തന്നെ ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• येन: by which / because of which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (Instrumental singular, neuter)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (सामान्य-प्रयोगः), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम (Nominative plural)

• सुदुर्वृत्ताः: very ill-conducted
• सुदुर्वृत्ताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुर्वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Nominative plural masculine)

• नृशंसाः: cruel
• नृशंसाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Nominative plural masculine)

• जातमन्यवः: whose anger has arisen
• जातमन्यवः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात + मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘जातः मन्युः येषाम्’ इति (Nominative plural masculine)

• उच्छेत्तारः: destroyers
• उच्छेत्तारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + छिद् (धातु) → उच्छेत्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; तृन्-प्रत्ययान्तः कर्तृवाचकः (Agent noun, nominative plural)

• कुलम्: family/lineage
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Accusative singular neuter)

• ऋते: except
• ऋते: Apadana (Exclusion/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपपद-निपातः ‘विना/except’ (Preposition-like indeclinable)

• रामात्: from Rāma
• रामात्: Apadana (Source/Exclusion/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), एकवचनम् (Ablative singular)

• जनार्द्दनात्: from Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्द्दनात्: Apadana (Source/Exclusion/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), एकवचनम् (Ablative singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yādava party / Devī addressed; assembled audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages condemn the Yādavas’ wickedness and declare the uprooting of the entire clan, sparing only Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; faces show both severity and sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Balarāma)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛṣṇi clan (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma within a community can become self-destructive; restraint and reverence preserve one’s kula.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the stage where dharma’s verdict on the Vṛṣṇis unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral and prophetic declaration.