Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कृष्णस्य संनिधौ रामः सहितः कृतवर्मणा । अपिबद्युयुधानश्च गदो बभ्रुस्तथैव च

Transliteration

kṛṣṇasya saṃnidhau rāmaḥ sahitaḥ kṛtavarmaṇā | apibadyuyudhānaśca gado babhrustathaiva ca

Translation

کِرشن کی عین حضوری میں رام نے کِرتَوَرمن کے ساتھ مل کر نوش کیا؛ اور یویودھان، گَد اور بَبھرو نے بھی اسی طرح پیا۔

Word by Word

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of Kṛṣṇa’

• संनिधौ: in the presence
• संनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण = in the presence

• रामः: Rāma (Balarāma)
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-hita (कृदन्त; √dhā (धा) + क्त, with सह- उपसर्ग/निपात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण = accompanied/associated

• कृतवर्मणा: with Kṛtavarman
• कृतवर्मणा: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtavarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सहकारक/सहयोग (instrumental of accompaniment) = with Kṛtavarman

• अपिबत्: drank
• अपिबत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘he drank’ (Rāma as subject)

• युयुधानः: Yuyudhāna
• युयुधानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuyudhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समुच्चित कर्ता (co-subject)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction ‘and’

• गदः: Gada
• गदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समुच्चित कर्ता

• बभ्रुः: Babhrū
• बभ्रुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: babhrú (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समुच्चित कर्ता (proper name)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus/so; likewise’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) = emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = and

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa sits present while Balarāma (Rāma) and leading Yādavas—Kṛtavarman, Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna), Gada, Babhrū—drink together, the divine center surrounded by a ring of fading restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rāma (Balarāma)
• Kṛtavarman
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Gada
• Babhrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse sets the moral tension: proximity to the divine does not negate personal responsibility and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Yādavas gather in a decisive moment of their history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it narrates drinking in a tīrtha setting, foreshadowing disorder.