Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

कथं गर्जसि हे मूढ युद्धं कुरु मया सह । इत्युक्ते तत्र देवेशि तेन युद्धमवर्तत

Transliteration

kathaṃ garjasi he mūḍha yuddhaṃ kuru mayā saha | ityukte tatra deveśi tena yuddhamavartata

Translation

“ହେ ମୂଢ! କାହିଁକି ଗର୍ଜୁଛୁ? ମୋ ସହ ଯୁଦ୍ଧ କର।” ଏହିପରି କୁହାଯାଉଥିବାବେଳେ, ହେ ଦେବେଶୀ, ସେ ସେଠାରେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: “how?”)

• गर्जसि: you roar
• गर्जसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; धातु: गर्ज्

• हे: O
• हे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• मूढ: fool
• मूढ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरु: do / wage
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: कृ

• मया: with me
• मया: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रितीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: “with”)

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

• उक्ते: when (this) was said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; “(when it was) said”

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “there”)

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady of the gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तेन: by him / with him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• युद्धम्: the battle
• युद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अवर्तत: arose / took place
• अवर्तत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: अ- (augment)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (‘deveśi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confrontational moment: Tala points or gestures sharply, calling Mahendra to fight; the goddess-listener is implied by the vocative ‘deveśi’. Tension hangs before weapons clash.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (deveśi)
• Mahendra (implied)
• Śiva (first-person ‘mayā’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine confrontation is framed as correction of delusion (moha); the kṣetra’s greatness is narrated through dharma-restoring conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Tala-svāmin origin cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.