Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

निवृत्ते भारते युद्धे भारे च क्षपिते भुवः । यात्राव्याजसमानीते प्रभासं यादवे कुले

Transliteration

nivṛtte bhārate yuddhe bhāre ca kṣapite bhuvaḥ | yātrāvyājasamānīte prabhāsaṃ yādave kule

Translation

ครั้นสงครามภารตะสงบลง และภาระแห่งแผ่นดินถูกบรรเทาแล้ว วงศ์ยาทวะถูกนำไปยังปรภาสะ โดยอ้างว่าเป็นการจาริกแสวงบุญ

Word by Word

• निवृत्ते: when (it) had ceased
• निवृत्ते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्त (कृदन्त, √वृत्-निवृत्तौ, नि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे 'युद्धे' इति नपुंसक), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• भारते: (the) Bhārata (great)
• भारते: अधिकरण (Locative; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (युद्धस्य)

• युद्धे: war
• युद्धे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भारे: when the burden
• भारे: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षपिते: having been destroyed
• क्षपिते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षपित (कृदन्त, √क्षप्-क्षये, णिच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• भुवः: of the earth
• भुवः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 'भुवः' = 'भुवाः/भुवः' (earth’s)

• यात्राव्याजसमानीते: when (they) were brought on the pretext of a pilgrimage
• यात्राव्याजसमानीते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यात्रा + व्याज + समानीत (कृदन्त, √नी-प्रापणे, सम्-आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—यात्रायाः व्याजेन समानीतम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास); समानीत = क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• प्रभासम्: to Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: कर्म (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यादवे: in the Yādava
• यादवे: अधिकरण (Locative; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (कुले इति नपुंसक), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुलस्य)

• कुले: clan
• कुले: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata war
• Prabhāsa
• Yādava kula

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order unfolds through tīrtha and time: even great lineages follow destiny, and sacred places become stages for dharma’s transitions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa tīrtha is explicitly named and framed as a decisive sacred स्थल where epochal events occur.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A “yātrā” (pilgrimage) is mentioned as the occasion, but specific rites (snāna/dāna/japa) are not detailed in this verse.