Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

स वव्रे भगवन्कृत्या पितुर्हंतुर्वधाय मे । समुत्तिष्ठतु कृष्णस्य त्वत्प्रसादात्सुरेश्वर

Transliteration

sa vavre bhagavankṛtyā piturhaṃturvadhāya me | samuttiṣṭhatu kṛṣṇasya tvatprasādātsureśvara

Translation

เขาทูลขอพรว่า “ข้าแต่พระภควาน ขอให้ ‘กฤตยา’ อุบัติขึ้นด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ โอ้พระสุเรศวร เพื่อสังหารพระกฤษณะ ผู้ฆ่าบิดาของข้าพเจ้า”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वव्रे: requested, chose
• वव्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृ) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; 'chose/asked for'

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• कृत्या: the Kṛtyā (magic being)
• कृत्या: Karta (Subject of imperative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; (here: a magical female entity)

• पितुः: of (my) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• हन्तुः: of the slayer
• हन्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hantṛ (प्रातिपदिक; √han (हन्) + तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• वधाय: for the killing
• वधाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे = for the purpose of killing

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (enclitic); here: षष्ठी 'my'

• समुत्तिष्ठतु: let (her) arise
• समुत्तिष्ठतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था) (धातु) with sam+ut
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे = due to/through your grace

• सुरेश्वर: O Lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sureśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; सुराणाम् ईश्वरः

Speaker

Kāśirāja’s son (addressing Śiva/Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The prince, eyes burning with grief and anger, petitions Śiva for a Kṛtyā to slay Kṛṣṇa; Śiva listens with grave stillness, the fire altar glowing.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛtyā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Śiva (Śaṅkara/Sureśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief can turn into vengeful intention; seeking power for retaliation invites destructive forces and moral peril.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it advances the Kāśī-linked storyline within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The request for a ‘Kṛtyā’ implies a fierce ritual/occult manifestation, but no procedural details are given here.