Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । युद्धाद्ब्रह्मन्निवर्तस्व त्वं च विष्णो ममाज्ञया

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī | yuddhādbrahmannivartasva tvaṃ ca viṣṇo mamājñayā

Translation

Naquele mesmo momento, uma voz incorpórea falou: “Ó Brahmā, retira-te desta batalha; e tu também, ó Viṣṇu—por Minha ordem, cessa.”

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अन्वय/विरोध)

• वाक्: a voice
• वाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अशरीरिणी: bodiless
• अशरीरिणी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- (निषेध) + शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘without a body’

• युद्धात्: from the battle
• युद्धात्: Apādāna (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmā
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• निवर्तस्व: withdraw, desist
• निवर्तस्व: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Implied subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आज्ञया: by (my) command
• आज्ञया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु: ‘by (my) command’

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī Vāk (incorporeal divine voice, implying Śiva’s authority)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māheśvara Mahāliṅga precinct (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Royal interlocutor (nṛpottama addressed in surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous, unseen source speaks from the sky; Brahmā and Viṣṇu halt mid-conflict, weapons lowered, faces turned upward toward the invisible command.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine authority restrains ego and conflict; even the highest gods must submit to dharma and the Supreme command.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred region within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography frame, connected to a Māheśvara liṅga episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes obedience and cessation of rivalry as the precondition for proper worship.