Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कृष्णस्य संनिधौ रामः सहितः कृतवर्मणा । अपिबद्युयुधानश्च गदो बभ्रुस्तथैव च

Transliteration

kṛṣṇasya saṃnidhau rāmaḥ sahitaḥ kṛtavarmaṇā | apibadyuyudhānaśca gado babhrustathaiva ca

Translation

Di hadapan Kṛṣṇa sendiri, Rāma minum bersama Kṛtavarman; demikian juga Yuyudhāna, Gada dan Babhrū turut minum.

Word by Word

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of Kṛṣṇa’

• संनिधौ: in the presence
• संनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण = in the presence

• रामः: Rāma (Balarāma)
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-hita (कृदन्त; √dhā (धा) + क्त, with सह- उपसर्ग/निपात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण = accompanied/associated

• कृतवर्मणा: with Kṛtavarman
• कृतवर्मणा: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtavarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सहकारक/सहयोग (instrumental of accompaniment) = with Kṛtavarman

• अपिबत्: drank
• अपिबत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘he drank’ (Rāma as subject)

• युयुधानः: Yuyudhāna
• युयुधानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuyudhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समुच्चित कर्ता (co-subject)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction ‘and’

• गदः: Gada
• गदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समुच्चित कर्ता

• बभ्रुः: Babhrū
• बभ्रुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: babhrú (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समुच्चित कर्ता (proper name)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus/so; likewise’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) = emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = and

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rāma (Balarāma)
• Kṛtavarman
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Gada
• Babhrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse sets the moral tension: proximity to the divine does not negate personal responsibility and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Yādavas gather in a decisive moment of their history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it narrates drinking in a tīrtha setting, foreshadowing disorder.