Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैर्भृशं शतसहस्रशः । निःशेषाञ्छूद्रराज्ञस्तांस्तदा स तु करिष्यति

Transliteration

pragṛhītāyudhairviprairbhṛśaṃ śatasahasraśaḥ | niḥśeṣāñchūdrarājñastāṃstadā sa tu kariṣyati

Translation

ਹਥਿਆਰ ਚੁੱਕਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਲੱਖਾਂ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ, ਉਹ ਉਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼ੂਦਰ ਰਾਜਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਸ਼ ਕਰ ਦੇਣਗੇ।

Word by Word

• pragṛhīta-āyudhaiḥ: with weapons taken up
• pragṛhīta-āyudhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pragṛhīta (कृदन्त, √grah) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रगृहीतानि आयुधानि येषां ते)

• vipraiḥ: by the brahmins
• vipraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhṛśam: exceedingly
• bhṛśam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śata-sahasraśaḥ: by hundreds of thousands
• śata-sahasraśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + śas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-समास (द्विगु) + ‘-शः’ (distributional adverb)

• niḥśeṣān: all without remainder
• niḥśeṣān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• chūdra-rājñaḥ: of the śūdra-king
• chūdra-rājñaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chūdra (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (शूद्रः एव राजा)

• tān: those (men)
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

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

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, contrast/emphasis)

• kariṣyati: will do/bring about
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast host of weapon-bearing brāhmaṇas, disciplined and resolute, accompanies Kalki to eradicate oppressive Śūdra-kings; the scene is charged with apocalyptic urgency and moral severity.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)
• Śūdra-kings
• Tenth avatāra figure (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision stresses that when governance becomes irreligious, a divinely backed reordering restores dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching tīrtha context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a description of future socio-political upheaval tied to dharma.