Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

किमेतदिति प्राहुश्च बर्बरीकः कुतो हतः । पांडवाश्चापि मुमुचुरश्रूणि सहपार्थिवाः

Transliteration

kimetaditi prāhuśca barbarīkaḥ kuto hataḥ | pāṃḍavāścāpi mumucuraśrūṇi sahapārthivāḥ

Translation

“这是怎么回事？”他们喊道，“巴尔巴里卡（Barbarīka）为何被杀？”潘达瓦兄弟以及在场的国王们也都流下了眼泪。

Word by Word

• kim: what
• kim: Karman/Predicate (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• etat: this
• etat: Karman/Predicate (Interrogative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘this’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-उक्त्यर्थे

• prāhuḥ: they said
• prāhuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (अह्/ब्रू) धातु (परस्मै)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘they said’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• barbarīkaḥ: Barbarīka
• barbarīkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barbarīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kutaḥ: from where, how
• kutaḥ: Hetu/Source (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्न-क्रियाविशेषण) = from where/why

• hataḥ: slain
• hataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √han (हन् धातु) (कृदन्त क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; barbarīkaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘slain’

• pāṇḍavāḥ: the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṇḍavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Additive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = also/even

• mumucuḥ: they shed/let fall
• mumucuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘they released/let fall’

• aśrūṇi: tears
• aśrūṇi: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• saha-pārthivāḥ: together with the kings
• saha-pārthivāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saha (अव्यय) + pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अव्ययीभावः = ‘पार्थिवैः सह’ (together with the kings)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kings and Pāṇḍavas cry out in confusion; tears stream as they look toward the fallen Barbarīka, hands to heads, some kneeling, the hall heavy with sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mighty heroes fall within a larger divine order; grief arises, yet dharma requires understanding the hidden cause.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a battlefield-style purāṇic narrative moment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes lamentation and astonishment.