Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अवज्ञाय तदा विप्रौ विवदन्तौ रुषान्वितौ । कामव्याकुलचेतस्को न बहिर्निःसृतो नृपः

Transliteration

avajñāya tadā viprau vivadantau ruṣānvitau | kāmavyākulacetasko na bahirniḥsṛto nṛpaḥ

Translation

然而那时，国王并未出宫相见那两位怒争的婆罗门，因为他的心被欲望扰乱，纷乱而分神。

Word by Word

• avajñāya: having disregarded
• avajñāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• viprau: the two brāhmaṇas
• viprau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन

• vivadantau: disputing
• vivadantau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√vad (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; 'viprau' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ruṣānvitau: endowed with anger
• ruṣānvitau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (रुषा अन्वितौ)

• kāmavyākulacetaskaḥ: whose mind was agitated by desire
• kāmavyākulacetaskaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + vyākula (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कामेन व्याकुलं चेतः यस्य सः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• niḥsṛtaḥ: came out
• niḥsṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis√sṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a royal palace at Dvārakā: the king remains within, distracted by desire, while two brāhmaṇas stand outside in heated dispute, their faces tense with wrath and disappointment.

Characters & Entities

• King (nṛpa)
• Two brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāma (unchecked desire) disrupts judgment and duty; when rulers neglect dharma, social conflicts intensify rather than resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Dvārakā Māhātmya, the moral teaching is embedded in Dvārakā’s sacred narrative landscape, where dharma is showcased through human conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied discipline is self-restraint and prioritizing dharma over sensual distraction.