Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

देवानां दानवानां तु यक्षगंधर्वरक्ष साम् । सप्तद्वीपक्षितीशानां सप्तपातालवासिनाम्

Transliteration

devānāṃ dānavānāṃ tu yakṣagaṃdharvarakṣa sām | saptadvīpakṣitīśānāṃ saptapātālavāsinām

Translation

Von den Göttern und auch von den Dānavas; von Yakṣas, Gandharvas und Rākṣasas; von den Königen der sieben Kontinente und von den Bewohnern der sieben Unterwelten—

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of the gods”

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of the Dānavas/demons”

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-भेदक) “but/and indeed”

• यक्षगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्: of Yakṣas, Gandharvas and Rākṣasas
• यक्षगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (यक्षाः च गन्धर्वाः च रक्षांसि च), षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समाहारार्थे समूह-सम्बन्धः “of Yakṣas, Gandharvas and Rākṣasas”

• सप्तद्वीपक्षितीशानाम्: of the rulers of the seven islands/continents
• सप्तद्वीपक्षितीशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षितीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सप्तद्वीपानां क्षितीशाः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of the kings of the seven continents”

• सप्तपातालवासिनाम्: of the inhabitants of the seven netherworlds
• सप्तपातालवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + पाताल (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सप्तपाताले वासिनः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of the dwellers in the seven Pātālas”

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic cosmic assembly: devas in the sky, dānavas and yakṣas at the margins, gandharvas with instruments, rākṣasas in shadowed corners, and symbolic kings of seven continents with emissaries from netherworlds—converging toward the luminous Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Rākṣasas
• Sapta-dvīpa
• Sapta-pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha draws the entire cosmos into its orbit—sacred geography is portrayed as universally significant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implied as the focal point capable of attracting beings across worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse sets up a universal scope rather than a specific rite, implying a broad summons connected to the Prabhāsa event.