Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

केन शप्तास्तु ते वीरा नष्टा वृष्ण्यन्धकादयः । भोजाश्चैव महादेव विस्तरेण वदस्व मे

Transliteration

kena śaptāstu te vīrā naṣṭā vṛṣṇyandhakādayaḥ | bhojāścaiva mahādeva vistareṇa vadasva me

Translation

วีรชนเหล่านั้นถูกผู้ใดสาป จนพวกวฤษณี อันธกะ และอื่นๆ พินาศ รวมทั้งพวกภชะด้วย? ข้าแต่มหาเทพ โปรดเล่าให้ข้าพเจ้าฟังโดยพิสดาร

Word by Word

• केन: by whom; by what (agent)
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• शप्ताः: were cursed
• शप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीराः: heroes
• वीराः: Karta (Appositive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ते इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य (appositive)

• नष्टाः: perished
• नष्टाः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वृष्ण्यन्धकादयः: the Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas, and others
• वृष्ण्यन्धकादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि + अन्धक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—वृष्णयः च अन्धकाः च आदयः (समाहार/समुच्चयार्थे ‘आदि’ सहितः; व्यवहारतः तत्पुरुष-प्रायः)

• भोजाः: the Bhojas
• भोजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; also
• एव: Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महान् देवः (कर्मधारय)

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental)

• वदस्व: tell; speak
• वदस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूपम् (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic); अत्र सम्प्रदानार्थे (dative sense)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī presses Mahādeva for the full account: who cursed the heroes, causing the ruin of Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas, and Bhojas—setting up the revelation of the sages’ śāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Vṛṣṇis
• Andhakas
• Bhojas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions ripen through causes—often through ṛṣi-śāpa (a sage’s curse)—highlighting accountability and reverence toward holy persons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discussion is situated in Prabhāsakṣetra’s Māhātmya, leading toward the sanctified locales connected with the Yādavas’ end.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse requests a detailed narration (vistareṇa).