Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्य क्रुद्धो जगन्नाथो दुर्वाससः कृते तदा । चक्रेण क्षुरधारेण शिरश्चिच्छेद लीलया

Transliteration

tasya kruddho jagannātho durvāsasaḥ kṛte tadā | cakreṇa kṣuradhāreṇa śiraściccheda līlayā

Translation

Bấy giờ Jagannātha, vì Durvāsā mà nổi giận, đã dùng bánh xe thần sắc như lưỡi dao mà thong dong chém đứt đầu hắn như một trò lila.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kruddhaḥ: angered
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) → kruddha (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• jagannāthaḥ: Lord of the world
• jagannāthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थे (जगतः नाथः)

• durvāsasaḥ: of Durvāsā
• durvāsasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛte: for the sake of
• kṛte: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन (नपुंसक) ‘कृते’ इति; हेत्वर्थे/निमित्ते (for the sake of/because of)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• cakreṇa: with the discus
• cakreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• kṣuradhāreṇa: razor-edged
• kṣuradhāreṇa: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣura (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘धारा’ पर; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करणविशेषण (क्षुरस्य धारा इव)

• śiraḥ: the head
• śiraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ciccheda: cut off
• ciccheda: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• līlayā: playfully
• līlayā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: līlā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रकार/रीत्या (as if in play)

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jagannātha manifests in protective wrath for Durvāsā; the Sudarśana-cakra flashes like a razor arc and, in a moment described as playful, severs Durmukha’s head—divine power rendered effortless and precise.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Durvāsā
• Cakra (Sudarśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord swiftly protects the saintly; harm intended for dharmic persons invites immediate divine justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as a dhāma where the Lord’s protective presence is vividly demonstrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style assurance of divine protection for dharma.