Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

तत्करिष्यायहं सर्वमाहैवं स जनार्दनः । एकैकशः स विबुधान्भक्षयिष्यति वाडवः

Transliteration

tatkariṣyāyahaṃ sarvamāhaivaṃ sa janārdanaḥ | ekaikaśaḥ sa vibudhānbhakṣayiṣyati vāḍavaḥ

Translation

“เราจะกระทำทั้งหมดนั้น” พระชนารทนะตรัสดังนี้ แล้ววาฑวะจะกลืนกินเหล่าเทพทีละองค์

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• करिष्य: I will do
• करिष्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; (पाठे ‘करिष्यायहम्’ इति संधौ)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (धातु; ‘आह’ इति परोक्षभूत/लिट्-रूपम्)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (thus)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Vishnu/Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; नाम

• एकैकशः: one by one
• एकैकशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एक-एक-शस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• विबुधान्: the gods
• विबुधान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्

• भक्षयिष्यति: will devour
• भक्षयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative) भावः—‘भक्षयति’ (to cause to eat/devour)

• वाडवः: Vāḍava (the submarine fire/being named Vāḍava)
• वाडवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; नाम/विशेषसंज्ञा

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Janārdana/Viṣṇu’s decision)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana assents—‘I will do all that’—and the fearsome Vāḍava begins consuming the gods one by one (a controlled, sequential devouring), with devas anxious yet trusting in Viṣṇu’s plan.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Vibudhas (Devas)
• Vāḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine governance in Purāṇas emphasizes order through disciplined, non-excessive action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra remains the overarching sacred locus of the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; the verse records acceptance of a remedial course of action (one-by-one).