Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

विश्वेदेवास्तथा साध्या मरुतो वसवस्तथा । लोकपालास्तथाष्टौ च नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह

Transliteration

viśvedevāstathā sādhyā maruto vasavastathā | lokapālāstathāṣṭau ca nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha

Translation

حضرَ الفيشفيديفات، والسادهيات، والماروتات، والفاسوات؛ وكذلك حضرَ حُفّاظُ العوالم الثمانية (لوكابالا)، ومعهم الكوكباتُ والنجومُ مع الكواكب.

Word by Word

• विश्वेदेवाः: the Viśvedevas
• विश्वेदेवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे + देव (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: 'विश्वे देवाः' (all the gods as a class)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (adverb)

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas
• साध्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (देव-गण)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (मरुतः/मरुतः इति वैदिक-प्रयोगानुसार)

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (अष्टवसु)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (adverb)

• लोकपालाः: guardians of the worlds
• लोकपालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + पाल (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'लोकस्य पालाः'

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (adverb)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective)

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

• नक्षत्राणि: constellations
• नक्षत्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ग्रहैः: with the planets
• ग्रहैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (postposition/adverb: 'together with')

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmic tableau: Viśvedevas and Sādhyas in luminous rows; Maruts as wind-deities swirling; Vasus as elemental radiances; eight Lokapālas stationed at the directions; above them a zodiacal canopy of nakṣatras and grahas circling the sacred center.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevas
• Sādhyas
• Maruts
• Vasus
• Lokapālas
• Nakṣatras
• Grahās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true dharmic rite is envisioned as harmonizing heaven, directions, and time—deities and celestial regulators alike.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as worthy of attendance by devas and even celestial bodies personified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive roll-call of cosmic attendees at the yajña.