Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इति लब्धवरो दैत्यः संतापयति भूतलम् । युगानां कोटिमेकां तु सदेवासुरमानुषम्

Transliteration

iti labdhavaro daityaḥ saṃtāpayati bhūtalam | yugānāṃ koṭimekāṃ tu sadevāsuramānuṣam

Translation

فلما نال ذلك العطاء، أخذ الدَّيتيا يعذّب الأرض—طوال كروْرٍ من اليوغات—مُصيباً الآلهةَ والأسورا والبشرَ جميعاً بالأذى.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• लब्धवरः: having obtained a boon
• लब्धवरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्धवर (प्रातिपदिक; लब्ध (√लभ् + क्त) + वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्तान्त-विशेषण (having obtained)

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• संतापयति: torments
• संतापयति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• भूतलम्: the earth
• भूतलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• युगानाम्: of yugas / for yugas
• युगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; परिमाण/अवधि-सम्बन्ध (duration)

• कोटिम्: a crore
• कोटिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; परिमाण (measure)

• एकाम्: one
• एकाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कोटिम् इति)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: together with gods, demons, and humans
• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदेवासुरमानुष (प्रातिपदिक; स + देव + असुर + मानुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective) विशेषण (भूतलम् इति)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed in the next verse as 'devi')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon-swollen daitya casts a shadow over the earth; cities and forests smolder; devas, asuras, and humans appear equally afflicted, conveying yuga-long torment.

Characters & Entities

• Meghavāhana
• Devas
• Asuras
• Humans
• Earth (Bhūtala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked adharma becomes universal suffering; Purāṇic narratives emphasize that cosmic order responds when oppression ripens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra indirectly, as the māhātmya frames these events to explain the sanctity of nearby shrines and tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the asura’s long oppression as narrative background.