Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

येन वै पठ्यमानेन जायते तस्य वेदना । भुवनद्वयराज्येन दैत्यो देवान्न मन्यते

Transliteration

yena vai paṭhyamānena jāyate tasya vedanā | bhuvanadvayarājyena daityo devānna manyate

Translation

Jene Lektion, wenn sie vorgetragen wurde, bereitete ihm Schmerz. Mit der Herrschaft über die zwei Welten achtete der Daitya die Devas nicht mehr.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• पठ्यमानेन: by (its) being recited/taught
• पठ्यमानेन: Karaṇa (Instrumental circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठ् (धातु) → पठ्यमान (शानच्/Present passive participle)
• Form: पठ्यमान (कर्मणि शानच्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेदना: pain, suffering
• वेदना: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• भुवन: world
• भुवन: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• द्वय: twofold, two
• द्वय: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग); संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्

• राज्येन: by the sovereignty over the two worlds
• राज्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भुवनद्वयस्य राज्यं)

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• मन्यते: thinks/considers (as)
• मन्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya-king, crowned and radiant with conquest, grimaces in irritation as sacred instruction is recited; devas are shown diminished in the background, emphasizing his contempt and the imbalance of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Devas
• Two worlds (heaven/earth or heaven/nether)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without humility breeds contempt for the divine; such arrogance becomes the cause of downfall in Purāṇic ethics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is delivered within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), using the tale to underline dharma in a sacred-geographical frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.