Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155

Devanagari script

निस्त्रिंशेनाहनत्प्रोच्चैः स च प्राणैर्व्ययुज्यत । दानवः पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ पार्श्वे सिंहविदारिते

Transliteration

nistriṃśenāhanatproccaiḥ sa ca prāṇairvyayujyata | dānavaḥ pārthivaśreṣṭha pārśve siṃhavidārite

Translation

She struck him mightily with her sword, and he was severed from his life-breaths. O best of kings, that Dānava fell—his side torn open as though ripped by a lion.

Word by Word

• निस्त्रिंशेन: with a sword
• निस्त्रिंशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निस्त्रिंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आहनत्: struck
• आहनत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रोच्चैः: aloud, forcefully
• प्रोच्चैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उच्चैः-प्रकारक (adverb: loudly/forcefully)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• प्राणैः: from (his) life-breaths
• प्राणैः: Karana/Hetu (Means/with respect to life-breaths)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• व्ययुज्यत: was separated, departed
• व्ययुज्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पार्थिव + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पार्श्वे: at the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिंहविदारिते: torn by a lion
• सिंहविदारिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह-विदारित (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + विदारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva-śreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī delivers a high, decisive sword-blow; the dānava collapses with his side ripped open, likened to a lion’s mauling; onlookers recoil as dust rises.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī (Devī)
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma meets a swift end; the Goddess embodies righteous power that restores cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Varaparvata, where the Devī’s victory becomes part of the site’s sacred memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial episode supporting the Mahātmya of the place through divine history.