Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

चक्रमेतत्समुत्सृष्टं गदेयं च विस र्जिता । गरुत्मानेष ते गत्वा समारोहतु वै ध्वजम्

Transliteration

cakrametatsamutsṛṣṭaṃ gadeyaṃ ca visa rjitā | garutmāneṣa te gatvā samārohatu vai dhvajam

Translation

ഇതാ ഈ ചക്രം അയക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു, ഈ ഗദയും വിക്ഷേപിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. നിന്റെ ഈ ഗരുഡൻ ചെന്ന് നിന്റെ കൊടിയിൽ കയറട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• चक्रम्: discus
• चक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-विशेषणम्

• समुत्सृष्टम्: discarded, cast off
• समुत्सृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ut-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘समुत्सृज्’ = त्यक्त/विसृष्ट

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थकः (conjunction)

• विसर्जिता: cast away
• विसर्जिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘विसृज्’ = त्यक्ता/विसृष्टा

• गरुत्मान्: Garuḍa
• गरुत्मान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garutmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गरुडः (नाम)

• एषः: this one
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (dative)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘गम्’ धातोः; पूर्वक्रिया

• समारोहतु: let (him) mount
• समारोहतु: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-ruh (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (emphatic particle)

• ध्वजम्: banner, flag
• ध्वजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Viṣṇu (mocking the imposture and exposing its absurdity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) commands: the Sudarśana-cakra and Kaumodakī-gadā are released; Garuḍa rises to the banner, signaling imminent divine strike.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Cakra
• Gadā
• Garuḍa
• Dhvaja (banner)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Borrowed symbols cannot confer true spiritual authority; the Lord turns the impostor’s claim into self-revealing ridicule.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tirtha appears in this verse; it remains within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya’s narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is dramatic dialogue centered on divine emblems and the Garuḍa-banner motif.