Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

सोऽहं प्रजानिमित्तं त्वां हनिष्यामि वसुन्धरे । यदि मे वचनं नाद्य करिष्यसि जगद्धितम्

Transliteration

so'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasundhare | yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam

Translation

اس لیے، اے وسندھرا! میں لوگوں کی خاطر تجھے مار ڈالوں گا، اگر آج تو میرے اس حکم کی تعمیل نہیں کرے گی جو دنیا کی بھلائی کے لیے ہے۔

Word by Word

• saḥ: that (I), he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• prajā-nimittam: for the sake of the subjects
• prajā-nimittam: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + nimitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजायाः निमित्तम्)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• haniṣyāmi: I will kill
• haniṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vasundhare: O Earth
• vasundhare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional conjunction)

• me: my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मम-आदेशः

• vacanam: command, word
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (time adverb)

• kariṣyasi: you will do
• kariṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jagat-hitām: what is beneficial to the world
• jagat-hitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः हितम्)

Speaker

Rājā (Vainya / Pṛthu, the king in this episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful archer-king/divine figure addresses Vasundharā personified as a goddess emerging from the ground; the moment is an ultimatum—obey for world welfare or face the arrow.

Characters & Entities

• Vasundharā (Earth)
• Prajā (subjects)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A ruler frames authority as responsibility for jagad-hita (world-welfare), even while warning against obstruction of dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the māhātmya uses this famed Purāṇic episode within its sacred-topography narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative moment emphasizing duty toward prajā.