Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
कृष्णेन हि विना नाहं यास्ये दुर्योधनान्तिकम् । पाण्डवान्वा समाश्रित्य कथं दुर्योधनं नृपम्
Transliteration
kṛṣṇena hi vinā nāhaṃ yāsye duryodhanāntikam | pāṇḍavānvā samāśritya kathaṃ duryodhanaṃ nṛpam
Translation
"کرشن کے بغیر، میں دوریودھن کے پاس نہیں جاؤں گا۔ اور اگر میں پانڈووں کی پناہ لیتا ہوں، تو میں راجہ دوریودھن کا سامنا کیسے کر سکوں گا؟"
Word by Word
कृष्णेनby/with Krishna
कृष्णेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic/causal particle)
विनाwithout
विना:
Apadana/Exclusion (वियोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formउपपद-अव्यय (preposition) — governs तृतीया (instrumental)
नnot
न:
Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Nominative (1st), Singular
यास्येI will go
यास्ये:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple Future, 1st person, Singular
दुर्योधनान्तिकम्to Duryodhana’s presence/near Duryodhana
दुर्योधनान्तिकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दुर्योधनस्य अन्तिकम्)
पाण्डवान्the Pandavas
पाण्डवान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
वाor
वा:
Disjunction
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)
समाश्रित्यhaving taken refuge in / having approached
समाश्रित्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-श्रि (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), परस्मैपद-धातु — Absolutive: ‘having resorted to’
कथम्how
कथम्:
Manner/Question
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana
दुर्योधनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
नृपम्the king
नृपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; दुर्योधनस्य विशेषण-रूपेण
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva) narrating Balabhadra’s inner speech
Characters & Entities
K
KṛṣṇaD
DuryodhanaP
PāṇḍavasB
Balabhadra (implied)FAQs
When dharma is complex, one seeks guidance from the highest wisdom and avoids partisan action that violates conscience.
Not directly; it provides narrative background that leads into Prabhāsa-region tirtha actions.
None; it is a deliberation about conduct (ācāra) in a moral conflict.