Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
Devanagari script
तथान्यानपि निघ्नंतं युयुधानं समंततः । अन्वधावद्धृषीकेशो विनिवारयिषुस्तथा
Transliteration
tathānyānapi nighnaṃtaṃ yuyudhānaṃ samaṃtataḥ | anvadhāvaddhṛṣīkeśo vinivārayiṣustathā
Translation
അതുപോലെ ചുറ്റുമുള്ള മറ്റുള്ളവരെയും കൊന്നൊടുക്കുന്ന യുയുധാനന്റെ (സാത്യകിയുടെ) പിന്നാലെ, അദ്ദേഹത്തെ തടയാനായി ഹൃഷീകേശൻ (കൃഷ്ണൻ) ഓടി.
Word by Word
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण
अन्यान्others
अन्यान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
निघ्नन्तम्striking/killing
निघ्नन्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग) + शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
युयुधानम्Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
युयुधानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुयुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
Adhikarana (Spatial/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
अन्वधावत्ran after, pursued
अन्वधावत्:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (धातु) + अनु- (उपसर्ग)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
हृषीकेशःHṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
हृषीकेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
विनिवारयिषुःintending to restrain
विनिवारयिषुः:
Karta (Appositional agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवृ (धातु) + नि- + वि- (उपसर्ग) + णिच् (causative) + इषु (इषु-प्रत्यय, desiderative/intentive nominal)
Formइषु-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक (one intending to do); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन
तथाthus
तथा:
Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Yuyudhāna moves through the crowd striking down others; Hṛṣīkeśa runs after him, arm extended, trying to restrain him—divine composure chasing human frenzy.
Characters & Entities
Y
Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)H
Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)FAQs
Dharma includes restraint; even rightful power must be checked when anger turns into indiscriminate harm.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya embeds this moral drama within sacred geography.
None; it is a narrative of attempted intervention.