Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अनादिनिधनां देवीं तत्र क्षेत्रे व्यवस्थिताम् । कोटिभूतपरीवारां सर्वदैत्यनिबर्हिणीम्

Transliteration

anādinidhanāṃ devīṃ tatra kṣetre vyavasthitām | koṭibhūtaparīvārāṃ sarvadaityanibarhiṇīm

Translation

That Goddess—beginningless and endless—abides in that sacred region, attended by crores of bhūtas, and she is the destroyer of all demons.

Word by Word

• anādi-nidhanām: beginningless and endless
• anādi-nidhanām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/region
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vyavasthitām: situated/established
• vyavasthitām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ava + √sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्) → vyavasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• koṭi-bhūta-parīvārām: having crores of beings as retinue
• koṭi-bhūta-parīvārām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + parivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarva-daitya-nibarhiṇīm: destroyer of all demons
• sarva-daitya-nibarhiṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + nibarhiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādevī-sthāna in Prabhāsa (Balātibala-daityaghnī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vision of the timeless Goddess established in Prabhāsa, surrounded by innumerable bhūtas as attendants, radiating power that annihilates all demons.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhūtas
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is powerful because the Goddess is eternally present there as a protector who removes hostile forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Goddess’s seat within Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the ‘kṣetra’ referenced in this Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse establishes the deity’s nature and protective potency at the site.