Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तमतिक्रांतमर्यादं प्रजापीडनतत्परम् । ऊचुर्महर्षयः क्रुद्धा मरीचिप्रमुखास्तदा

Transliteration

tamatikrāṃtamaryādaṃ prajāpīḍanatatparam | ūcurmaharṣayaḥ kruddhā marīcipramukhāstadā

Translation

Bấy giờ các đại hiền triết—phẫn nộ—đứng đầu là Marīci, đã lên tiếng với hắn, kẻ đã vượt mọi khuôn phép và chỉ chăm chăm hành hạ muôn dân.

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• atikrānta-maryādam: who has overstepped limits
• atikrānta-maryādam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-krānta (अतिक्रान्त; ati-√kram ‘to transgress’ + क्त) + maryādā (मर्यादा)
• Form: समास: उपपद/तत्पुरुष (‘one who has transgressed the boundary’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘tam’)

• prajā-pīḍana-tatparam: intent on oppressing the people
• prajā-pīḍana-tatparam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prajā (प्रजा) + pīḍana (पीडन) + tatpara (तत्पर)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (‘intent on tormenting the subjects’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (महर्षि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• kruddhāḥ: angry
• kruddhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (क्रुद्ध; √krudh ‘to be angry’ + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘maharṣayaḥ’)

• marīci-pramukhāḥ: with Marīci at their head
• marīci-pramukhāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marīci (मरीचि) + pramukha (प्रमुख)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (‘having Marīci as foremost’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (appositive to ‘maharṣayaḥ’)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Time adjunct/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-led assembly (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of mahārṣis led by Marīci, faces stern with righteous anger, confronts King Vena who has crossed all bounds; the atmosphere is charged—dharma versus tyranny—set against a sacred landscape suggestive of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Marīci
• Maharṣayaḥ
• Vena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes restraint; when power becomes oppressive and boundary-less, the wise intervene to restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the textual frame; this verse emphasizes dharma-protection through ṛṣi guidance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the sages’ response to adharma.