Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

चकर्षुश्चरणौ गृह्य शपंतो दुष्टचेतसः । पदे गृहीत्वा तमृषिं नीत्वा सीम्नि व्यसर्जयन्

Transliteration

cakarṣuścaraṇau gṛhya śapaṃto duṣṭacetasaḥ | pade gṛhītvā tamṛṣiṃ nītvā sīmni vyasarjayan

Translation

தீய மனத்தினர் சாபமிட்டபடி அவன் கால்களைப் பிடித்து இழுத்துச் சென்றனர். அந்த ரிஷியை காலால் பிடித்து எல்லைக்குக் கொண்டு சென்று அங்கே தள்ளிவிட்டனர்.

Word by Word

• cakarṣuḥ: they dragged
• cakarṣuḥ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• caraṇau: (his) two feet
• caraṇau: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचनम्

• gṛhya: having seized
• gṛhya: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + lyap (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund: 'having seized')

• śapantaḥ: cursing
• śapantaḥ: Karta (Agent participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śap (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-वर्तमान-कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• duṣṭacetasaḥ: evil-minded (ones)
• duṣṭacetasaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः (yeṣāṃ cetas duṣṭam)

• pade: at the foot/leg
• pade: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• gṛhītvā: having grasped
• gṛhītvā: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + ktvā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• ṛṣim: the sage
• ṛṣim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; (apposition to 'tam')

• nītvā: having led
• nītvā: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• sīmni: at the boundary
• sīmni: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• vyasarjayan: they cast off/abandoned
• vyasarjayan: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-sīmā (border of the region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Evil men drag a sage by the feet, cursing him, and throw him out at the border; the sage’s body is limp from suffering, dust rising along the path to the sīmā.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣi (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harming or humiliating a sage is a severe adharma; Purāṇas repeatedly warn that such acts recoil upon the offender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated within Dvārakā-māhātmya, preparing the ground for the later emphasis on refuge in Viṣṇu and tīrtha-merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as narrative setup highlighting the violation of dharma.