Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

मरुद्भिः सार्धमिन्द्रोऽपि वसुभिः सह किन्नरैः । शिवः क्रोधपरीतात्मा ततश्चादर्शनं गतः

Transliteration

marudbhiḥ sārdhamindro'pi vasubhiḥ saha kinnaraiḥ | śivaḥ krodhaparītātmā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ

Translation

Indra too—along with the Maruts, the Vasus, and the Kinnaras—when Śiva’s mind was enveloped in wrath, then disappeared from sight.

Word by Word

• मरुद्भिः: with the Maruts
• मरुद्भिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition ‘together with’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle ‘also/even’)

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• किन्नरैः: with the Kinnaras
• किन्नरैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रोधपरीतात्मा: one whose mind was overwhelmed by anger
• क्रोधपरीतात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध-परित-आत्मन् (कृदन्त; √पॄ/√पॄ? actually √पॄ/√पॄ?; here परीत from परि-√इ (to go around) used adjectivally)
• Form: समास: क्रोधेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; epithet of शिवः

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; sequence adverb ‘then’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• अदर्शनम्: invisibility; disappearance
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतः: went; entered
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate ‘went/entered’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra with Maruts, Vasus, and Kinnaras—celestial retinue—turns away and fades from sight as Śiva’s wrath saturates the space; banners droop, the sky dims, and the assembly empties.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Maruts
• Vasus
• Kinnaras
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods retreat when sacred law is violated and the Lord manifests corrective power; dharma is higher than status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse continues the sacred-history narrative.