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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

अन्ये परस्परं जघ्नुर्मुष्टिभिश्चरणैस्तथा । एवं तत्र तदा क्षिप्तं यद्द्रव्यं नारदेन तु

anye parasparaṃ jaghnurmuṣṭibhiścaraṇaistathā | evaṃ tatra tadā kṣiptaṃ yaddravyaṃ nāradena tu

Yang lain pula saling memukul dengan penumbuk dan kaki. Demikianlah, harta yang dilemparkan oleh Nārada pada waktu itu telah menimbulkan keadaan sedemikian.

अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
परस्परम्each other
परस्परम्:
Karma (Reciprocal object/परस्पर-कर्म)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्परम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; परस्परवाचक (mutually)
जघ्नुःstruck/beat
जघ्नुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they struck/killed’
मुष्टिभिःwith fists
मुष्टिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
चरणैःwith feet
चरणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
तथाthus/also
तथा:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/also)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/निगमन (thus/in this way)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (there)
तदाat that time
तदा:
Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)
क्षिप्तम्thrown
क्षिप्तम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षिप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘thrown’ (qualifies ‘द्रव्यम्’)
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun: which)
द्रव्यम्wealth/objects
द्रव्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
नारदेनby Narada
नारदेन:
Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्मणि कर्तृ-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/भेद (but/indeed)

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Scene: Men strike with fists and feet around a spot where Nārada has thrown wealth; Nārada stands apart as the unseen/implicit instigator, the scene spiraling into chaos.

N
Nārada

FAQs

Wealth can become a cause of violence when desire and envy overpower restraint; charity must be guided by discernment.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the narrative leading to Kalakaleśvara’s māhātmya.

Dana (giving/wealth-distribution) is implied, shown here in a problematic form that triggers quarrel.