Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यस्मात्तेषु विनिक्षिप्य सहस्रांशं स्वतेजसाम् । अस्माकं दत्तवान्रुद्रो रक्षार्थं जगतां शिवः

Transliteration

yasmātteṣu vinikṣipya sahasrāṃśaṃ svatejasām | asmākaṃ dattavānrudro rakṣārthaṃ jagatāṃ śivaḥ

Translation

„Denn Rudra—Śiva, der Glückverheißende, der Beschützer der Welten, legte in jene Waffen einen tausendfachen Anteil seines eigenen feurigen Glanzes und verlieh sie uns zum Schutz der Schöpfung.“

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because (from which)
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative singular (5th/पञ्चमी), masculine/neuter; used as causal relative: "because/from which"

• teṣu: in them
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative plural (7th/सप्तमी), masculine/neuter

• vinikṣipya: having deposited
• vinikṣipya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√kṣip (धातु) with vi-, absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्), indeclinable; "having placed/deposited"

• sahasrāṃśam: the thousand-rayed one (Sun)
• sahasrāṃśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasrāṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative singular (2nd/द्वितीया)

• sva-tejasām: of (their) own splendors
• sva-tejasām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी), neuter; tatpuruṣa: sva-tejas = "one's own splendor"

• asmākam: to us / of us
• asmākam: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी)

• dattavān: gave
• dattavān: Kriyā (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + क्तवत् (क्तवतु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवत्), masculine nominative singular; agrees with subject "rudraḥ"

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative singular (1st/प्रथमा)

• rakṣa-artham: for protection
• rakṣa-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative singular used adverbially (अर्थे द्वितीया); tatpuruṣa: rakṣa-artha = "for the sake of protection"

• jagatām: of the worlds / beings
• jagatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी), neuter

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative singular (1st/प्रथमा); apposition to "rudraḥ"

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra explains that Rudra placed a thousandfold portion of his own fiery splendor into the weapons and granted them to the gods for protecting the worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Śakra (Indra)
• Lokapālas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection of the world is portrayed as a divine mandate—Śiva’s power supports cosmic order through righteous guardians.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking sacred place-glory with cosmic preservation themes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse emphasizes Śiva’s protective grace (anugraha) manifesting as empowered instruments.