Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

बहवस्तेन मार्गेण येनासौ प्रस्थितो नृप । सम्मुखः प्रववौ वातो रूक्षः कर्करसंयुतः

Transliteration

bahavastena mārgeṇa yenāsau prasthito nṛpa | sammukhaḥ pravavau vāto rūkṣaḥ karkarasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

Ó Rei, muitos maus presságios surgiram no próprio caminho por onde ele partiu. Um vento áspero, seco e carregado de areia soprou de frente contra ele.

Word by Word

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• मार्गेण: by the path/route
• मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• असौ: that (person), he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रस्थितः: having set out / departed
• प्रस्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थे—‘प्रस्थित’ = departed/started

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्मुखः: facing (towards), head-on
• सम्मुखः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (सम् + मुख) = ‘in front/face-to-face’

• प्रववौ: blew forth
• प्रववौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• वातः: wind
• वातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रूक्षः: dry, harsh
• रूक्षः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्करसंयुतः: mixed with gravel/pebbles
• कर्करसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; √युज् + सम् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कर्करैः संयुतः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing 'nṛpa' (king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (नृप)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A head-on wind blasts the chariot; dust and grit whip across faces; horses strain; banners flap backward; the king presses forward despite resistance.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛpa (King)
• Utpāta (omens)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obstacles and adverse signs indicate a wrong course; dharma is shown as having warnings before calamity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; it continues the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting of the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.