Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे महिषं वीक्ष्य निर्जितम् । महेंद्राद्याः स्तुतिं चक्रुर्देव्यास्तुष्टेन चेतसा

Transliteration

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve mahiṣaṃ vīkṣya nirjitam | maheṃdrādyāḥ stutiṃ cakrurdevyāstuṣṭena cetasā

Translation

Da sahen alle Scharen der Götter Mahīṣa besiegt; beginnend mit Mahendra stimmten sie mit freudigem Herzen Lobeshymnen auf die Göttin an.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनुक्रमवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'then/from there')

• देवगणाः: the hosts of gods
• देवगणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां गणाः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (devagaṇāḥ qualifies)

• महिषम्: Mahisha (the buffalo-demon)
• महिषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• वीक्ष्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• निर्जितम्: defeated
• निर्जितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-जि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (mahiṣam qualifies)

• महेंद्राद्याः: Indra and the others
• महेंद्राद्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेंद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (महेंद्रः आदिः येषां ते); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• स्तुतिम्: praise, hymn
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• चक्रुः: made, performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• देव्याः: of the goddess / to the goddess (contextual)
• देव्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तुष्टेन: with pleased
• तुष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (cetasā qualifies)

• चेतसा: with mind/heart
• चेतसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Deva hosts gather around the victorious Devī; Indra at the forefront leads a hymn, all with folded hands, faces bright with relief; the defeated Mahīṣa lies subdued in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mahendra (Indra)
• Devas
• Mahīṣa (Mahīṣāsura)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After divine help, the proper dharmic response is stuti—humble gratitude that acknowledges the source of protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the gods’ stuti becomes part of the place’s sacred memory and praise-tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (hymn/praise) as a devotional act; no formal vrata or dāna is specified here.