Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सद्यो देवगणानां च दैत्यानां च विशेषतः । तथा वै सर्वमर्त्त्यानां सिद्धिदो बहुरूपधृक्

Transliteration

sadyo devagaṇānāṃ ca daityānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | tathā vai sarvamarttyānāṃ siddhido bahurūpadhṛk

Translation

Sogleich wird er für die Scharen der Götter—und besonders für die Daityas—und ebenso für alle Sterblichen zum Spender des Gelingens, indem er viele Gestalten annimmt.

Word by Word

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• देवगणानाम्: of the hosts of gods
• देवगणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of gods’ + ‘group’)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दैत्यानाम्: of the demons (Daityas)
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय; विशेष)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘especially’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nishchaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• सर्वमर्त्यानाम्: of all mortals
• सर्वमर्त्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘all’ + ‘mortals’)

• सिद्धिदः: giver of accomplishments
• सिद्धिदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; from √दा ‘to give’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘giver of success/power’) विशेषणम् (of the subject)

• बहुरूपधृक्: bearing many forms
• बहुरूपधृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धृक् (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृ ‘to bear’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘bearing many forms’) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Śiva–Pārvatī account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A many-formed, success-bestowing divine presence radiates outward to devas, daityas, and humans, suggesting universal accessibility of grace within a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Daityas
• Vināyaka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vināyaka is portrayed as universally effective—bestowing siddhi across divine, demonic, and human realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is praised in this verse; it highlights Vināyaka’s cosmic role within the Arbuda narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as a phala-śruti style description of power/benefit.