Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

नैतत्प्रियं च कृष्णस्य भ्रातुर्मे क्रोधमाचरम् । भवन्तो वासुदेवस्य यत्र प्राणा बहिश्चराः

Transliteration

naitatpriyaṃ ca kṛṣṇasya bhrāturme krodhamācaram | bhavanto vāsudevasya yatra prāṇā bahiścarāḥ

Translation

నా సోదరుడు శ్రీకృష్ణునికి ఈ కోపప్రదర్శన ఇష్టం కాదు. అయినా నేను క్రోధాన్ని ధరించాను; ఎందుకంటే మీరు అందరూ వాసుదేవుని ప్రాణాలవలె—ఆయన జీవ విస్తారాలై బయట సంచరిస్తున్నారు.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन; वाक्ये कर्म/विषयत्वे

• प्रियम्: pleasing / dear
• प्रियम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भ्रातुः: of (my) brother
• भ्रातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (my)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative), एकवचन

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आचरम्: I practiced / I displayed
• आचरम्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवन्तः: you (honored ones)
• भवन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); आदरार्थ (honorific ‘you all’)

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• प्राणाः: life-breaths / vital airs
• प्राणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• बहिः-चराः: moving outside / gone outward
• बहिः-चराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of प्राणाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय) + चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (बहिः चरन्ति इति)

Speaker

Ekānaṃśā (Yogamāyā), addressing the Pāṇḍavas with Bhīma in focus

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess speaks with a softened face, acknowledging Kṛṣṇa as her brother; Bhīma and the others are shown as Kṛṣṇa’s ‘life-breaths’—perhaps with a subtle visual motif of shared aura linking them to Vāsudeva.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Vāsudeva
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God’s power may appear as wrath for the protection of those closely bound to the divine mission; devotion and divine kinship are portrayed as life-breath unity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse emphasizes theological relationship (Kṛṣṇa–Pāṇḍavas) rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is doctrinal and relational, describing divine motive rather than ritual action.