Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

यादवान्क्ष्माशयानांश्च भृशं कोपसमन्वितः । स निःशेषं तदा चक्रे शार्ङ्गचक्रगदाधरः

Transliteration

yādavānkṣmāśayānāṃśca bhṛśaṃ kopasamanvitaḥ | sa niḥśeṣaṃ tadā cakre śārṅgacakragadādharaḥ

Translation

被猛烈的忿怒所充满，执持圣弓Śārṅga、神轮与神杵者，于彼时将雅陀婆族及倒卧于地者尽皆灭尽，毫无遗余。

Word by Word

• यादवान्: the Yādavas
• यादवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• क्ष्माशयानाम्: of the earth-dwellers
• क्ष्माशयानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्ष्मा (प्रातिपदिक) + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्ष्मायाम् आशयाः = those dwelling on earth), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• भृशम्: exceedingly
• भृशम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (intensifier adverb)

• कोपसमन्वितः: endowed with anger
• कोपसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपदसमास (कोपेन समन्वितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शार्ङ्गचक्रगदाधरः/स इत्यस्य)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun)

• निःशेषम्: entirely
• निःशेषम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणवत् नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative: completely)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• चक्रे: did/made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• शार्ङ्गचक्रगदाधरः: the bearer of Śārṅga, discus, and mace (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• शार्ङ्गचक्रगदाधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्ङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (शार्ङ्गं च चक्रं च गदां च धरति इति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kathā-audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa as Śārṅga-cakra-gadādhara in fierce aspect, moving through the field to finish the slaughter; the ground covered with fallen Yādavas; a sense of kāla’s finality hangs over the coastal landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śārṅga-cakra-gadādhara
• Yādava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma’s cycle turns, even protectors become instruments of conclusion; the Purāṇa frames destruction within cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred landscape witnessing the closing of the Yādava era.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the verse emphasizes the inevitability of the event at the holy site.