Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते युयुधानेन पूजयामास तद्वचः । प्रद्युम्नो रथिनां श्रेष्ठो हार्दिक्यमथ भर्त्सयन्

Transliteration

ityukte yuyudhānena pūjayāmāsa tadvacaḥ | pradyumno rathināṃ śreṣṭho hārdikyamatha bhartsayan

Translation

യുയുധാനൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, രഥികളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ പ്രദ്യുമ്നൻ ആ വാക്കുകൾ അംഗീകരിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഹാർദിക്യനെ ശാസിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय

• ukte: when said
• ukte: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘उक्ते’ = when (it was) said

• yuyudhānena: by Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• yuyudhānena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuyudhāna (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• pūjayāmāsa: honoured
• pūjayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वचः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• vacaḥ: speech/words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pradyumnaḥ: Pradyumna
• pradyumnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradyumna (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rathinām: of chariot-warriors
• rathinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• śreṣṭhaḥ: best
• śreṣṭhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रद्युम्नः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• hārdikyam: Hārdikya
• hārdikyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hārdikya (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• bhartsayan: rebuking
• bhartsayan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bharts (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रद्युम्नः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pradyumna, eminent rathin, nods in approval of Sātyaki’s rebuke; he turns to chastise Kṛtavarman, and the assembly divides into approving and resentful clusters.

Characters & Entities

• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Pradyumna
• Hārdikya (Kṛtavarman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld when the righteous publicly affirm moral truth and challenge dishonorable actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative demonstrates how conduct within a sacred space carries heightened consequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is ethical discourse and censure within a royal/warrior assembly.