Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

उच्छेदस्तव राज्यस्य भविष्यति श्रुतं मया । एवं ज्ञात्वा यथायुक्तं तच्छीघ्रं तु विधीयताम्

Transliteration

ucchedastava rājyasya bhaviṣyati śrutaṃ mayā | evaṃ jñātvā yathāyuktaṃ tacchīghraṃ tu vidhīyatām

Translation

میں نے سنا ہے کہ تمہاری سلطنت کا اُچھید (زوال) ہونے والا ہے۔ یہ جان کر جو مناسب ہو وہ فوراً، بلا تاخیر، طے کر دیا جائے۔

Word by Word

• उच्छेदः: destruction/overthrow
• उच्छेदः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• राज्यस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Content of hearing/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here predicative with implied 'इति'

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• यथा-युक्तम्: as is proper/appropriately
• यथा-युक्तम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial)

• तत्: that (measure/action)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/वेगवाचक (adverb)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• विधीयताम्: let it be done/arranged
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आदेशार्थ (let it be done)

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from immediate context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn prophecy: Bali’s kingdom will be destroyed; the advisor urges immediate proper measures—visualize a grave counsel scene with time-symbols (setting sun, wilting garland).

Characters & Entities

• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power is impermanent; dharma requires prompt, appropriate action when warned of impending decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter context is Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse itself is advisory rather than tīrtha-focused.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it urges immediate, proper measures (yathāyukta vidhāna).