Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

बांधवा मथुरायां ये पूर्वं कंसे न बाधिताः । उग्रसेनं तथा राज्ये स्थापयामास केशवः

Transliteration

bāṃdhavā mathurāyāṃ ye pūrvaṃ kaṃse na bādhitāḥ | ugrasenaṃ tathā rājye sthāpayāmāsa keśavaḥ

Translation

ในมถุรา เหล่าญาติผู้มิได้ถูกกังสะกดขี่มาก่อนนั้น เคศวะได้สถาปนาอุครเสนะขึ้นครองราชบัลลังก์ และฟื้นฟูแผ่นดินให้เป็นไปตามธรรมอันชอบธรรม

Word by Word

• बान्धवाः: kinsmen, relatives
• बान्धवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मथुरायाम्: in Mathurā
• मथुरायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कंसे: in/under Kaṃsa (his rule)
• कंसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• बाधिताः: were afflicted/oppressed
• बाधिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उग्रसेनम्: Ugrasena
• उग्रसेनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थापयामास: installed, established
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• केशवः: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: मथुरा-क्षेत्र

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: शौनकादि/ऋषिसभा (पौराणिक श्रवण-परम्परा)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: मथुरा के राजसभा-प्रांगण में केशव द्वारा उग्रसेन का राज्याभिषेक; यदुवीर, सभासद, ध्वज-पताका, सिंहासन, वैदिक मंगलध्वनि

Characters & Entities

• Mathurā
• Kaṃsa
• Ugrasena
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld when illegitimate tyranny is removed and rightful governance is restored for the welfare of all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative (Mathurā); the broader Adhyāya’s pilgrimage focus turns toward Rāma-setu in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets historical context leading to later discussion of prāyaścitta and sacred-site observance.