Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

प्रस्थितं तं महात्मानमभिवाद्य कृतांजलिम् । जानन्विनाशं भोजानां नैच्छद्वारयितुं हरिः

Transliteration

prasthitaṃ taṃ mahātmānamabhivādya kṛtāṃjalim | jānanvināśaṃ bhojānāṃ naicchadvārayituṃ hariḥ

Translation

当那位大魂启程之时，诃利合掌致敬而俯首礼拜；他明知婆阇族的毁灭乃命定之数，故不欲加以阻止。

Word by Word

• prasthitam: departing, having set out
• prasthitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; pra- + √sthā (स्था) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; taṃ mahātmānam इति विशेषणम्: "departed/setting out"

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mahātmānam: the great-souled one
• mahātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: mahān ātmā yasya = "great-souled"

• abhivādya: having saluted
• abhivādya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi- + √vad (वद्); ल्यप् (gerund)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (gerund), ल्यप्: "having saluted"

• kṛta-aṃjalim: with folded hands
• kṛta-aṃjalim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ + क्त) + aṃjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: kṛto 'ñjaliḥ yena = "with hands joined"; mahātmānam इति विशेषणम्

• jānan: knowing
• jānan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा) शतृ (present participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; hariḥ इति विशेषणम्: "knowing"

• vināśam: destruction
• vināśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• bhojānām: of the Bhojas
• bhojānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• aicchat: he wished, he desired
• aicchat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (इष्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vārayitum: to restrain, to prevent
• vārayitum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृ) causative (णिच्) vāray-; तुमुन् (infinitive)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive): "to restrain/ward off"; aicchat इति क्रियायाः कर्म-प्रयोजनम्

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• hariḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari (Kṛṣṇa) stands with folded hands, bowing to departing Uddhava; behind, Yādava chiefs; the air heavy with foreknown doom; sacred coastal light.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• Uddhava
• Bhoja (clan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the divine honors the righteous, yet allows the ordained course of time (kāla) and karma to unfold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the sacred setting where destiny and dharma converge in the Purāṇic account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse models reverence (añjali, abhivāda) and acceptance of divine order.