Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तया ते निहता दैत्या यज्ञविध्वंसकारिणः । ततस्तां विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्मुनयस्तुष्टुवुस्तदा

Transliteration

tayā te nihatā daityā yajñavidhvaṃsakāriṇaḥ | tatastāṃ vividhaiḥ stotrairmunayastuṣṭuvustadā

Translation

Durch sie wurden jene Daityas, Zerstörer des Yajña-Ritus, erschlagen. Darauf priesen die Weisen sie sogleich mit mancherlei Hymnen.

Word by Word

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/साधन), एकवचन; Pronoun (she/that), Instrumental singular

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Pronoun, Nominative plural

• निहताः: slain
• निहताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु) → निहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Past passive participle used predicatively

• दैत्याḥ: demons (Daityas)
• दैत्याḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• यज्ञ-विध्वंस-कारिणः: destroyers of the sacrifice
• यज्ञ-विध्वंस-कारिणः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + विध्वंस (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष: 'यज्ञस्य विध्वंसं कुर्वन्ति'

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Pronoun, Accusative singular

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (agreeing with स्तोत्रैः)

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī stands radiant amid the quieting flames; fallen daityas lie at the margins; sages, relieved, raise hands in añjali and sing varied hymns, their faces softened by devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Daityas
• Munis
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is defended, gratitude and stotra (hymnic praise) become the natural completion of the sacred act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the sanctity of yajña is upheld by the Goddess’s victorious protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra—praising the deity after protection or victory—is implied as an appropriate devotional response.