Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

भोजनांतो ब्राह्मणानां प्राणांतः क्षत्रजन्मनाम् । आशीविषाणां सर्पाणां कोपो ज्ञेयो मृतावधिः । प्रेरयामास देवान्वै गम्यतामित्युवाच तान्

Transliteration

bhojanāṃto brāhmaṇānāṃ prāṇāṃtaḥ kṣatrajanmanām | āśīviṣāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ kopo jñeyo mṛtāvadhiḥ | prerayāmāsa devānvai gamyatāmityuvāca tān

Translation

‘ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କ ଭୋଜନାନ୍ତ କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟଜନ୍ମଙ୍କ ପ୍ରାଣାନ୍ତ ସମାନ; ଏବଂ ବିଷଧର ସର୍ପଙ୍କ କ୍ରୋଧ ମୃତ୍ୟୁପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଥାଏ’ ବୋଲି କହି ସେ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରେରିତ କରି “ଗମ୍ୟତାମ୍—ଚଳ, ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କରିବା” ବୋଲି କହିଲା।

Word by Word

• bhojanāntaḥ: the end of eating (meal-end)
• bhojanāntaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भोजनस्य अन्तः)

• brāhmaṇānām: of the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• prāṇāntaḥ: the end of life
• prāṇāntaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्राणानाम् अन्तः)

• kṣatrajanmanām: of those born as Kshatriyas
• kṣatrajanmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्षत्रस्य जन्म)

• āśīviṣāṇām: of venomous (deadly) snakes
• āśīviṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśīviṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sarpāṇām: of serpents
• sarpāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kopaḥ: anger
• kopaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• jñeyaḥ: is to be known (as)
• jñeyaḥ: Vidhāna (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ya (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/विधेय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘ज्ञेय’ = to be known

• mṛtāvadhiḥ: ending in death; death as the limit
• mṛtāvadhiḥ: Vidhāna (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + avadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मृतिः/मरणम् एव अवधिः)

• prerayāmāsa: he urged/impelled
• prerayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√īr/√ir (धातु: प्रेरणे) (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• gamyatām: let (us/you) go
• gamyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु: गत्यर्थ)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘गम्यताम्’ = let it be gone/let (you) go

• iti: thus
• iti: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• uvāca: he said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु: भाषणे)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding figure (leader among devas) speaks urgently, gesturing toward departure; behind him, symbolic imagery of a coiled serpent and a fading life-flame suggests the metaphors of wrath and mortality.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Kṣatriyas
• Devas
• Serpents (Sarpas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic aphorisms stress that actions trigger irreversible consequences; therefore one must restrain anger and act with dhārmic foresight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the Māhātmya frames ethical instruction within its sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it functions as a moral maxim within the story.