Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

मूको विनिहतश्चापि कैराते सब्यसाचिना । संह्रादस्य तु दैत्यस्य निवातकवचाः कुले

Transliteration

mūko vinihataścāpi kairāte sabyasācinā | saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ kule

Translation

କୈରାତ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୂକ ସବ୍ୟସାଚୀ (ଅର୍ଜୁନ) ଦ୍ୱାରା ନିହତ ହେଲା; ଦୈତ୍ୟ ସଂହ୍ରାଦଙ୍କ ବଂଶରେ ନିବାତକବଚ ଜନ୍ମିଲେ।

Word by Word

• मूकः: Mūka
• मूकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विनिहतः: was slain
• विनिहतः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + हन् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘killed’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अपि: also
• अपि: Additive particle (अपि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (also particle)

• कैराते: in the Kirāta region
• कैराते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (देशवाचक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सव्यसाचिना: by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संह्रादस्य: of Saṃhrāda
• संह्रादस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संह्राद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• दैत्यस्य: of the demon
• दैत्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निवातकवचाः: the Nivātakavacas
• निवातकवचाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; जातिनाम (name of a group)

• कुले: in the lineage/family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Characters & Entities

• Mūka
• Kirāta
• Savyasācī (Arjuna)
• Saṃhrāda
• Nivātakavaca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It recalls how adharma is repeatedly checked by divinely-aided heroism, while also situating events within Purāṇic lineages to show the moral continuity of karma across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya; this verse itself is a genealogical/Itihāsa reference rather than a direct description of a particular shrine or tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative background (genealogy and heroic episode reference).