Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एवं प्रयतमानानां वृष्णीनामन्धकैः सह । कालो गृहाणि सर्वाणि परिचक्राम नित्यशः

Transliteration

evaṃ prayatamānānāṃ vṛṣṇīnāmandhakaiḥ saha | kālo gṛhāṇi sarvāṇi paricakrāma nityaśaḥ

Translation

Khi các Vṛṣṇi cùng với các Andhaka nỗ lực như thế, chính Thời Gian (Kāla) không ngừng đi quanh, ngày này qua ngày khác, vòng khắp mọi ngôi nhà của họ.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = adverb of manner

• prayatamānānām: of those who were striving
• prayatamānānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-yat (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय), आत्मनेपदी; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्रयतमान’ = striving/endeavouring

• vṛṣṇīnām: of the Vṛṣṇis
• vṛṣṇīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• andhakaiḥ: with the Andhakas
• andhakaiḥ: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/सह/करण), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक उपपद) = postposition ‘with’

• kālaḥ: Time (personified)
• kālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• gṛhāṇi: houses
• gṛhāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘गृहाणि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• paricakrāma: went around, roamed about
• paricakrāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-kram (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √क्रम् = ‘to go/roam’

• nityaśaḥ: continually
• nityaśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (आवृत्तिवाचक) = adverb ‘always/continually’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (foreshadowed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Time personified—subtle, shadow-like—moves day after day around every house of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, like a circling vulture or a turning wheel, unseen yet inescapable.

Characters & Entities

• Kāla (Time)
• Vṛṣṇi
• Andhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even disciplined effort cannot overrule Kāla; Purāṇic dharma urges humility and spiritual readiness when time ripens the fruits of collective karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa situates the Yādava/Vṛṣṇi narrative within a sacred coastal tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes omens and the movement of personified Time.