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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

श्रीदैत्यसूदनाद्देवि नान्यास्ति भुवि देवता । यवाकारं तु तस्यैव क्षेत्रपातकनाशनम्

śrīdaityasūdanāddevi nānyāsti bhuvi devatā | yavākāraṃ tu tasyaiva kṣetrapātakanāśanam

O Devī, auf Erden gibt es keine Gottheit außer dem ehrwürdigen Daityasūdana. Selbst die mit Ihm verbundene Gestalt und Ausdehnung (»yavākāra« genannt) vernichtet die Sünden, die an dieses heilige Kṣetra gebunden sind.

śrīdaityasūdanātfrom Śrī Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu)
śrīdaityasūdanāt:
Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī + daitya + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānāṃ sūdanaḥ) + श्री-पूर्वपद (honorific prefix)
deviO goddess
devi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)
anyāanother
anyā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)
astiis/exists
asti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
bhuvion earth
bhuvi:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhuvi (प्रातिपदिक: bhu/भू ‘earth’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
devatādeity
devatā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
yavākāramhaving the shape of a barley-grain
yavākāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootyava + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yavasya ākāraḥ)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
tasyaof that (one)
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
kṣetrapātakanāśanamthe destroyer of sins related to the sacred field
kṣetrapātakanāśanam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra + pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣetrasya pātakānāṃ nāśanam)

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha: Daityasūdana-sthāna within Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Listener: Devī

Scene: Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu) standing in majestic form, holding conch and discus, with subdued demon figures at his feet; a marked sacred boundary/measure (yava-grain motif or small measured plot) glowing to show that even a tiny extent purifies; pilgrims bowing at the threshold.

D
Devī
D
Daityasūdana

FAQs

Exclusive refuge in the deity of the kṣetra is emphasized; his presence is declared uniquely sin-destroying.

Daityasūdana’s Viṣṇu-kṣetra within Prabhāsa, including its distinctive described extent/form (yavākāra).

Implicitly, approaching/recognizing the deity’s sacred locus; the verse stresses the purifying power of the kṣetra itself.