Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तं तदा मूर्छितप्रायं दृष्ट्वोचुः कुपिताश्च ते । अत्रागतो यदि पुनर्हनिष्यामो न संशयः । आनर्त्तविषयांस्तान्वै दृष्ट्वा तत्र जलाशयम्

Transliteration

taṃ tadā mūrchitaprāyaṃ dṛṣṭvocuḥ kupitāśca te | atrāgato yadi punarhaniṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ | ānarttaviṣayāṃstānvai dṛṣṭvā tatra jalāśayam

Translation

ครั้นเห็นเขาแทบสิ้นสติ พวกนั้นก็กล่าวด้วยโทสะว่า “หากมันกลับมาที่นี่อีก เราจะฆ่ามันแน่ ไม่ต้องสงสัย” แล้วเมื่อได้แลเห็นแคว้นอานรรตะและสระน้ำ ณ ที่นั้น (เขาก็จากไปต่อ)

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• mūrchita-prāyam: almost unconscious
• mūrchita-prāyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrchita (मूर्छ् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + prāya (प्राय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (almost fainted)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्तम् (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ūcuḥ: they said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• kupitāḥ: angry
• kupitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (कुप् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• āgataḥ: (if he) has come
• āgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (आ√गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; (he) having come

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्ययम् (conditional particle)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: again)

• haniṣyāmaḥ: we will kill
• haniṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• na: no/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ānartta-viṣayān: those of the Ānarta region
• ānartta-viṣayān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānartta (आनर्त्त प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (विषय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (those belonging to Ānarta region)

• tān: those (them)
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्तम् (gerund)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: there)

• jalāśayam: a water-reservoir/pond
• jalāśayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalāśaya (जलाशय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta (region)
• jalāśaya (water-reservoir)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma escalates into violence, the righteous seek protection through dharma—ultimately by taking refuge in the Lord and sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse gestures to the Ānarta region associated with Dvārakā’s sacred landscape; the chapter later highlights Viṣṇu-linked tīrthas such as Cakratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly in this verse.