Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यत्तु तेषां बलं वीर्यं संग्रामे शत्रुसूदन । तन्मया पीतमखिलं सह तोयेन वासव

Transliteration

yattu teṣāṃ balaṃ vīryaṃ saṃgrāme śatrusūdana | tanmayā pītamakhilaṃ saha toyena vāsava

Translation

„Doch was ihre Kraft und Wirkmacht im Kampf betrifft, o Feindbezwinger—o Vāsava—, die habe ich gänzlich, zusammen mit dem Wasser, in mich getrunken.“

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• तु: however/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वीर्यम्: valor/power
• वीर्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• शत्रुसूदन: O enemy-slayer
• शत्रुसूदन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘शत्रूणां सूदनः’ (enemy-slayer)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अन्वयः पूर्वोक्तस्य निर्देशः

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• पीतम्: drunk
• पीतम्: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) + पीत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘drunk’

• अखिलम्: entire/all
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्ययम् (with)

• तोयेन: with water
• तोयेन: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

The sage (Dadhīci, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or divine figure declares that the foes’ battle-strength has been ‘drunk’ along with water; Indra (Vāsava) stands attentive, the atmosphere charged with contained ferocity.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Dadhīci (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic theology often places tapas and inner power above external armaments; spiritual attainment can transform or neutralize worldly power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s sage-āśrama setting, portraying it as a locus where ascetic power shapes cosmic outcomes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal prescription; “drinking with water” functions as a narrative device indicating absorption/assimilation of potency.