Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

दण्डः प्रेतपतेः शक्तिर्देवसेनापतेस्तथा । अन्येषां च सुराणां च अस्त्राण्युक्तानि यानि वै

Transliteration

daṇḍaḥ pretapateḥ śaktirdevasenāpatestathā | anyeṣāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca astrāṇyuktāni yāni vai

Translation

وعصا سيِّدِ البريتات (ياما)، ورمحُ الشَّكتي (śakti) لقائدِ جيشِ الآلهة (كارتيكيا)، وكذلك سائرُ الأسلحة التي يُذكر أنها للآلهة—كلُّ ذلك أيضًا صُنِعَ بيده.

Word by Word

• daṇḍaḥ: staff, rod
• daṇḍaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• preta-pateḥ: of the lord of the departed (Yama)
• preta-pateḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (pretānāṃ patiḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• śaktiḥ: spear, power-weapon (śakti)
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• deva-senā-pateḥ: of the commander of the gods' army (Skanda)
• deva-senā-pateḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + senā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (devānāṃ senāyāḥ patiḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (likewise)

• anyeṣām: of others
• anyeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• surāṇām: of the gods
• surāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• astrāṇi: weapons
• astrāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; here Nominative plural

• uktāni: have been stated/mentioned
• uktāni: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) + -ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agreeing with astrāṇi

• yāni: which
• yāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; relative pronoun referring to astrāṇi

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence of divine insignia: Yama’s authoritative staff radiating stern light; Skanda’s spear blazing with disciplined energy; other gods’ weapons arrayed like a celestial armory.

Characters & Entities

• Pretapati (Yama)
• Devasenāpati (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic justice and protection (daṇḍa and śakti) are sacred functions, rooted in divinely sanctioned order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the sacred region praised in this māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse catalogs divine weapons and their traditional attributions.