Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सुनामा वसुनामा च मंत्रिणौ बुद्धिसत्तमौ । सेनापतिश्चोग्रदंष्टस्तस्य भ्राता महाहनुः

Transliteration

sunāmā vasunāmā ca maṃtriṇau buddhisattamau | senāpatiścogradaṃṣṭastasya bhrātā mahāhanuḥ

Translation

Sunāmā và Vasunāmā—hai vị đại thần, bậc tối thắng về mưu lược—đều có mặt. Tướng chỉ huy là Ogradaṃṣṭra, và em trai ông là Mahāhanu.

Word by Word

• सुनामा: Sunāmā (name)
• सुनामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; name)

• वसुनामा: Vasunāmā (name)
• वसुनामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मंत्रिणौ: two ministers
• मंत्रिणौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (nominative dual)

• बुद्धिसत्तमौ: best in intellect
• बुद्धिसत्तमौ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धि-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (nominative dual; superlative ‘best in intellect’)

• सेनापतिः: commander of the army
• सेनापतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• उग्रदंष्टः: Fierce-fanged (Ugradaṃṣṭra)
• उग्रदंष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्र-दंष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; name/epithet)

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular pronoun)

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• महाहनुः: Great-jawed (Mahāhanu)
• महाहनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-हनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; name/epithet)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council-and-muster tableau: two minister-figures with scrolls or gesture of counsel stand near a towering commander with prominent tusk-like teeth (Ogradaṃṣṭra) and his strong-jawed brother; troops assemble behind.

Characters & Entities

• Sunāmā
• Vasunāmā
• Ogradaṃṣṭra
• Mahāhanu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even intelligence and strategy, when aligned to adharma, cannot secure lasting good; wisdom must be joined to righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the Mahātmya context; the verse details the opposing leadership within that sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it identifies ministers and military leadership.