Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अकृतस्नान एवाऽहं दृष्टो दैत्यैर्दुरासदैः । गले गृहीतः कृष्णाहं मुष्टिभिस्ताडितस्तथा

Transliteration

akṛtasnāna evā'haṃ dṛṣṭo daityairdurāsadaiḥ | gale gṛhītaḥ kṛṣṇāhaṃ muṣṭibhistāḍitastathā

Translation

ابھی میں نے اشنان نہیں کیا تھا کہ ان ظالم دیووں نے مجھے دیکھ لیا۔ انہوں نے میرا گلا پکڑا اور مجھے گھونسوں سے مارا۔

Word by Word

• akṛta-snānaḥ: without having bathed
• akṛta-snānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṛta (कृदन्त, कृ धातु) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नञ्-पूर्वपद: ‘अकृतं स्नानं यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (was seen)

• daityaiḥ: by demons
• daityaiḥ: Karta (कर्मणि-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• durāsadaiḥ: hard to resist
• durāsadaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (दैत्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-āsada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘दुरासद’ = दुर्गम/अजय

• gale: at the neck
• gale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• gṛhītaḥ: was seized
• gṛhītaḥ: Kriyā (कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) → gṛhīta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was seized)

• kṛṣṇa: O Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (addressing Kṛṣṇa)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• muṣṭibhiḥ: with fists
• muṣṭibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• tāḍitaḥ: was struck
• tāḍitaḥ: Kriyā (कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tāḍ (धातु) → tāḍita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was beaten)

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: ‘so/also’)

Speaker

Durvāsas (implied; the narrative immediately names him in the next adhyāya)

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a great ascetic faces obstacles; steadfastness in dharmic observance (like snāna) and refuge in the Lord remain the remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred sphere (Dvārakā-māhātmya), where devotion to Kṛṣṇa frames the events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna is implied as a required observance—he is attacked specifically while still “unbathed,” highlighting the priority of ritual purity in vrata practice.