Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यावत्स्नाति च विप्रोऽसौ दृष्टो दैत्यैर्दुरात्मभिः । ब्रुवंतः कोऽयमित्येवं हन्यतांहन्यतामिति

Transliteration

yāvatsnāti ca vipro'sau dṛṣṭo daityairdurātmabhiḥ | bruvaṃtaḥ ko'yamityevaṃ hanyatāṃhanyatāmiti

Translation

ขณะที่พราหมณ์ผู้นั้นกำลังอาบน้ำ เหล่าแทตย์ผู้ชั่วร้ายก็มองเห็นเข้า พวกมันตะโกนว่า 'เจ้านี่เป็นใคร?' และร้องบอกกันว่า 'ฆ่ามัน! ฆ่ามันเสีย!'

Word by Word

• yāvat: while; as long as
• yāvat: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्धे (temporal correlator: 'as long as/while')

• snāti: bathes
• snāti: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• vipraḥ: the brāhmaṇa
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• asau: that (man)
• asau: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त), भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; (past passive participle: 'seen')

• daityaiḥ: by the daityas
• daityaiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचनम्

• durātmabhiḥ: by wicked-souled (ones)
• durātmabhiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'daityaiḥ')

• bruvantaḥ: saying
• bruvantaḥ: Karta (Subject/agent of speaking)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; (present active participle)

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (in quoted question)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (in quoted question)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्ति/वाक्य-परिसमाप्ति (quotative particle)

• evam: in this way
• evam: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• hanyatām: let (him) be killed
• hanyatām: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आज्ञार्थे (let him be killed)

• hanyatām: let (him) be killed
• hanyatām: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्ति (quotative)

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta speaking to the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Sāgara Saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa is mid-bath at the confluence when a group of fierce daityas spot him, pointing and shouting ‘Who is this? Kill him!’—a sudden rupture of sacred calm.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often show dharmic acts meeting resistance, underscoring steadfastness in sacred duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the saṅgama/Cakratīrtha bathing area, where the brāhmaṇa is attacked.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) is the ongoing rite when the daityas interrupt.