Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्दिवसे विप्राः सर्वे यदुकुमारकाः । वनं जग्मुर्मृगान्हन्तुं सर्वे कृष्णसमन्विताः

Transliteration

ekasmindivase viprāḥ sarve yadukumārakāḥ | vanaṃ jagmurmṛgānhantuṃ sarve kṛṣṇasamanvitāḥ

Translation

วันหนึ่ง โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย เหล่าเจ้าชายยทุทั้งปวงพร้อมด้วยพระกฤษณะ เสด็จไปยังป่าเพื่อล่ากวาง

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• दिवसे: on a day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• यदु-कुमारकाः: the boys/princes of the Yadus
• यदु-कुमारकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक) + कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यदूनां कुमारकाः)

• वनम्: to the forest
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्

• मृगान्: deer/animals
• मृगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• हन्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्तम् (Infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियार्थक-उद्देश्यः

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• कृष्ण-समन्विताः: accompanied by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण-समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/अन्वय् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; तृतीया/सह-भावार्थे तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णेन समन्विताः = accompanied by Kṛṣṇa)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of Yadu princes with bows and hunting gear enter a forest; Kṛṣṇa at the center, serene, blue-hued, guiding the party.

Characters & Entities

• Yadukumārakāḥ
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic episodes often begin with ordinary activities that become occasions for divine intervention and moral instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the māhātmya-frame; the forest episode functions as narrative lead-in to a Dvārakā-centered revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition verse.