Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इल्वलं क्रोधमुष्ट्या तु भस्मीचक्रे महामुनिः । ततो हाहारवं कृत्वा सर्वे दैत्या ननंशिरे

Transliteration

ilvalaṃ krodhamuṣṭyā tu bhasmīcakre mahāmuniḥ | tato hāhāravaṃ kṛtvā sarve daityā nanaṃśire

Translation

Daraufhin verbrannte der große Weise Ilvala mit einem zornigen Faustschlag zu Asche. Da erhob sich ein Wehgeschrei, und alle Daityas flohen.

Word by Word

• ilvalam: Ilvala
• ilvalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ilvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• krodha-muṣṭyā: with an anger-fist (with clenched fist in anger)
• krodha-muṣṭyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + muṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘क्रोधस्य मुष्टिः’ → ‘क्रोधमुष्टिः’ (fist of anger)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• bhasmīcakre: reduced to ashes
• bhasmīcakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī + √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular)

• mahāmuniḥ: the great sage
• mahāmuniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); कर्मधारयः ‘महान् मुनिः’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• hāhāravam: a ‘hā-hā’ cry, wailing noise
• hāhāravam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāhārava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); विशेषण

• daityāḥ: Daityas (demons)
• daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• nanaṃśire: perished, were destroyed
• nanaṃśire: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś नश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person plural)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) (explicitly addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing ascetic sage strikes the demon Ilvala with a clenched fist; Ilvala collapses into ash while terrified Daityas scatter, hands raised, crying in panic.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Ilvala
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is threatened, decisive action by the righteous restores order; adharma ultimately retreats from sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a sacred arena where demonic forces are driven out.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes the narrative with the defeat and dispersal of the Daityas.