Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

श्रीदैत्यसूदनाद्देवि नान्यास्ति भुवि देवता । यवाकारं तु तस्यैव क्षेत्रपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

śrīdaityasūdanāddevi nānyāsti bhuvi devatā | yavākāraṃ tu tasyaiva kṣetrapātakanāśanam

Translation

يا ديفي، ليس على الأرض إلهٌ غير دايتْيَسودَنا (Daityasūdana) الجليل، قاهر الديتْيَة. وحتى الهيئة أو الامتداد المنسوب إليه، المسمّى «يَفاكارا»، يمحو آثام هذا الحقل المقدّس.

Word by Word

• śrīdaityasūdanāt: from Śrī Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu)
• śrīdaityasūdanāt: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + daitya + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānāṃ sūdanaḥ) + श्री-पूर्वपद (honorific prefix)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvi (प्रातिपदिक: bhu/भू ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• devatā: deity
• devatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yavākāram: having the shape of a barley-grain
• yavākāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yava + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yavasya ākāraḥ)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• tasya: of that (one)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kṣetrapātakanāśanam: the destroyer of sins related to the sacred field
• kṣetrapātakanāśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra + pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣetrasya pātakānāṃ nāśanam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daityasūdana-sthāna within Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu) standing in majestic form, holding conch and discus, with subdued demon figures at his feet; a marked sacred boundary/measure (yava-grain motif or small measured plot) glowing to show that even a tiny extent purifies; pilgrims bowing at the threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daityasūdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Exclusive refuge in the deity of the kṣetra is emphasized; his presence is declared uniquely sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Daityasūdana’s Viṣṇu-kṣetra within Prabhāsa, including its distinctive described extent/form (yavākāra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, approaching/recognizing the deity’s sacred locus; the verse stresses the purifying power of the kṣetra itself.