Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
तत्प्रभग्रं बलं सर्वं निहतं गोलकं तथा । द्वारस्थः कथयामास दैत्यराज्ञे कुशाय सः
Transliteration
tatprabhagraṃ balaṃ sarvaṃ nihataṃ golakaṃ tathā | dvārasthaḥ kathayāmāsa daityarājñe kuśāya saḥ
Translation
那支先锋之军，以及戈拉卡，也都被歼灭了。于是守门者前去向阿修罗王库沙禀报此事。
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (balam)
prabhagrambroken/defeated (as read)
prabhagram:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootprabhāgra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (balam); (पाठभेद-संभावना: prabhagnaṃ)
balamthe army
balam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
sarvamall
sarvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (balam)
nihatamslain, destroyed
nihatam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootni + han (हन्) धातु; nihata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (balam)
golakamGolaka
golakam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgolaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (समुच्चित-विषय)
tathāalso
tathā:
Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ‘also’
dvārasthaḥthe doorkeeper, one stationed at the gate
dvārasthaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (द्वारे स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
kathayāmāsareported, told
kathayāmāsa:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkathaya (कथय) नामधातु/causative of √kath; + √as (अस्) सहायक
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगः (periphrastic perfect)
daityarājñeto the king of the Daityas
daityarājñe:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यानां राजा), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन
kuśāyato Kuśa
kuśāya:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootkuśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; संबोधन-प्राय (नाम)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; dvārasthaḥ इत्यस्य पुनरुक्त-निर्देशः
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At Dvārakā’s massive gate, a vigilant gatekeeper reports to Daitya-king Kuśa that the vanguard and Golaka have been slain; the city’s ramparts loom behind, dust and smoke of battle in the distance.
Characters & Entities
G
GolakaK
Kuśa (Daitya king)G
Gatekeeper (dvārastha)FAQs
Adharma’s campaigns end in defeat, and even its rulers must face the consequences of aggression against sacred order.
Dvārakā, implicitly glorified as a defended sacred city whose threshold (dvāra) itself is part of the holy order.
None.