Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

पुरा विवदतां तेषां दैत्यानां राज्यहेतवे । प्रह्लादेन समागत्य व्यवस्था विहिता स्वयम्

Transliteration

purā vivadatāṃ teṣāṃ daityānāṃ rājyahetave | prahlādena samāgatya vyavasthā vihitā svayam

Translation

Einst, als jene Daityas um die Herrschaft stritten, trat Prahlāda selbst hervor und setzte aus eigener Autorität eine Einigung fest.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Temporal (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/once)

• विवदताम्: of (those) disputing
• विवदताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि+वद् (धातु) → विवदत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; ‘of those who were disputing’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्यानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• राज्यहेतवे: for the sake of kingship
• राज्यहेतवे: Sampradana (Purpose/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य + हेतु (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य हेतुः)

• प्रह्लादेन: by Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समागत्य: having come/approached
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• व्यवस्था: arrangement/settlement
• व्यवस्था: Karma/Pratipadyam (what is established)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विहिता: was established/ordained
• विहिता: Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘ordained/established’

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Adverbial (agent-emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक (oneself/by oneself)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, continuous narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Janamejaya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Daitya council hall: rival claimants arguing over kingship; Prahlāda enters calmly, raises his hand to still the assembly, and pronounces a binding settlement.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Prahlāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid conflict, order is upheld through a recognized authority who establishes a dharmic settlement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame, though the verse itself focuses on the Daitya succession dispute.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a political-ethical decision (vyavasthā) rather than a rite.