Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

धिग्धिगित्येवकालं तं परिचिंत्य जनार्दनः । मेने प्राप्तं स षट्त्रिंशं वर्षं केशिनिषूदनः । पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गांधारी यदुवाच ह

Transliteration

dhigdhigityevakālaṃ taṃ pariciṃtya janārdanaḥ | mene prāptaṃ sa ṣaṭtriṃśaṃ varṣaṃ keśiniṣūdanaḥ | putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāṃdhārī yaduvāca ha

Translation

ସେହି କାଳକୁ ଚିନ୍ତା କରି ଜନାର୍ଦନ ‘ଧିକ୍ ଧିକ୍’ ବୋଲି ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ କଲେ; କେଶିନିଷୂଦନ ବୁଝିଲେ ଯେ ଷଟ୍ତ୍ରିଂଶତମ ବର୍ଷ ଆସିପହଞ୍ଚିଛି—ପୁତ୍ରଶୋକରେ ସନ୍ତପ୍ତ ଗାନ୍ଧାରୀ ପୂର୍ବେ ଯେପରି କହିଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• dhik: fie!
• dhik: Avyaya (Exclamation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhik (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक-अव्यय (interjection/particle)

• dhik: fie!
• dhik: Avyaya (Exclamation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhik (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक-अव्यय (repetition)

• iti: thus
• iti: Avyaya (Quotative/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यादि-बोधक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kālam: time
• kālam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• pariciṃtya: having considered
• pariciṃtya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-cint (चिन्त् धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), ‘having reflected/considered’

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mene: thought/considered
• mene: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (मन् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prāptam: attained/reached
• prāptam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (आप् धातु) + क्त
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘obtained/arrived’ (as object-complement)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• ṣaṭtriṃśam: thirty-six
• ṣaṭtriṃśam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• varṣam: year (period)
• varṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• keśiniṣūdanaḥ: slayer of Keśin
• keśiniṣūdanaḥ: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśin + niṣūdana (प्रातिपदिक); keśin (नाम) + ni-√sūd (सू॒द् धातु) + अन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (keśinaḥ niṣūdanaḥ)

• putraśokābhisaṃtaptā: tormented by grief for (her) sons
• putraśokābhisaṃtaptā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putraśoka + abhisaṃtaptā; putra (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + abhi-saṃ-√tap (तप् धातु) + क्त
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (क्त), तत्पुरुष-समास (putraśokena abhisaṃtaptā)

• gāṃdhārī: Gāndhārī
• gāṃdhārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṃdhārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yad: what/that which
• yad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed/for (narrative)
• ha: Avyaya (Discourse particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक-अव्यय (narrative particle)

Speaker

Sūta narrating; quoted inner reaction/recognition of Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana/Keśiniṣūdana) pauses, eyes lowered, uttering ‘dhik dhik’ as he recognizes the arrival of the thirty-sixth year; a faint visionary overlay suggests Gāndhārī in mourning, recalling her words.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Keśiniṣūdana
• Gāndhārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty must bow to kāla and the moral order; remembrance of past warnings urges sobriety, repentance, and dharmic preparation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied sacred arena where destiny and purification converge in this māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; the verse frames the inevitability of time and recalled admonition, leading into prescriptions of śānti and tīrtha-sevā.