Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

गदासि शंखारिधराश्चतुर्भुजा दैतेयदर्पापहरूपधारिणः । प्रगीयमानाः सुरसुंदरीभिस्ते यांति खं खेचरगात्रसंगाः

Transliteration

gadāsi śaṃkhāridharāścaturbhujā daiteyadarpāpaharūpadhāriṇaḥ | pragīyamānāḥ surasuṃdarībhiste yāṃti khaṃ khecaragātrasaṃgāḥ

Translation

Mit Keule und Schwert, mit Muschelhorn und Diskus, vierarmig und in Gestalten, die den Hochmut der Daityas zerschmettern—von himmlischen Jungfrauen besungen, steigen sie in den Himmel auf, in Gemeinschaft der Himmelswesen.

Word by Word

• गदासि: mace and sword
• गदासि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा + असि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (गदा) + पुंलिङ्ग (असि) समाहार-द्वन्द्व; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (collective plural sense)

• शङ्खारिधराः: bearers of conch and discus
• शङ्खारिधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + अरि(=चक्र) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः शङ्खं च अरिं(चक्रं) च धरन्ति (bearers of conch and discus)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्भुजाः: four-armed
• चतुर्भुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः चत्वारः भुजाः येषाम् (four-armed)

• दैतेयदर्पापहरूपधारिणः: having a form that removes the demons' pride
• दैतेयदर्पापहरूपधारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैतेय + दर्प + अपहर + रूप + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः दैतेयानां दर्पस्य अपहरं रूपं धारयन्ति (having a form that removes the pride of demons)

• प्रगीयमानाः: being sung/praised
• प्रगीयमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-गी (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुरसुन्दरीभिः: by celestial maidens
• सुरसुन्दरीभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः सुराणां सुन्दर्यः (celestial maidens)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• खम्: to the sky
• खम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• खेचरगात्रसङ्गाः: accompanied by aerial beings
• खेचरगात्रसङ्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खेचर + गात्र + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः खेचराणां गात्रैः सङ्गः येषाम् (associated with the bodies of sky-goers)

Speaker

Narrator within the Māhātmya (deductively: a Purāṇic teacher addressing the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (vigil fruit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Transfigured devotees appear as four-armed, holding gadā, asi, śaṅkha, and cakra; apsarases sing; they rise skyward amid gandharvas and flying beings, leaving the tīrtha behind in a glow.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Surasuṃdarīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya depicts the exalted destiny of the devoted—honored by celestial beings and lifted toward divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya’s depiction of fruits arising from the kṣetra’s vigil and devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it poetically describes the fruit (phala) of prior practices like snāna, darśana, and jāgaraṇa.