Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

भविष्यति हि मे राज्यं सर्वं वशगतं तव । अन्यथा धर्षयिष्यामि सर्वैः सार्द्धं सुरोत्तमैः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati hi me rājyaṃ sarvaṃ vaśagataṃ tava | anyathā dharṣayiṣyāmi sarvaiḥ sārddhaṃ surottamaiḥ

Translation

“Quả thật, toàn bộ vương quốc của ta sẽ nằm dưới quyền nàng. Bằng không, ta sẽ cưỡng bức và khuất phục nàng, cùng với hết thảy các vị thần tối thượng.”

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle: indeed)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• vaśagatam: under control; subjugated
• vaśagatam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaśa-gata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• tava: of you; your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: otherwise)

• dharṣayiṣyāmi: I will violate/assault; I will outrage
• dharṣayiṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) stem dharṣay-

• sarvaiḥ: with all (of them)
• sarvaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (postposition/adverb: together with)

• surottamaiḥ: with the best of the gods
• surottamaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Bāṣkali

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A royal/ṛṣi interlocutor (commonly Janamejaya in Purāṇic frames; specific addressee not stated in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boastful daitya-king issues an ultimatum: submit the kingdom or face overpowering assault even with the foremost gods; courtly setting with messenger present, tension rising.

Characters & Entities

• Bāṣkali
• Śrīmātā (Devī)
• Surottamas (foremost devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tyranny and lust culminate in threats against the Divine; such adharma becomes the very cause of its downfall in Purāṇic ethics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Arbuda remains the narrative locus, where Śrīmātā is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records an adharma-filled ultimatum within the story.