Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इल्वलं क्रोधमुष्ट्या तु भस्मीचक्रे महामुनिः । ततो हाहारवं कृत्वा सर्वे दैत्या ननंशिरे

Transliteration

ilvalaṃ krodhamuṣṭyā tu bhasmīcakre mahāmuniḥ | tato hāhāravaṃ kṛtvā sarve daityā nanaṃśire

Translation

Then the great sage, with a wrathful blow of his fist, reduced Ilvala to ashes. Thereupon, crying “Alas!”, all the Daityas fled away.

Word by Word

• ilvalam: Ilvala
• ilvalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ilvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• krodha-muṣṭyā: with an anger-fist (with clenched fist in anger)
• krodha-muṣṭyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + muṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘क्रोधस्य मुष्टिः’ → ‘क्रोधमुष्टिः’ (fist of anger)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• bhasmīcakre: reduced to ashes
• bhasmīcakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī + √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular)

• mahāmuniḥ: the great sage
• mahāmuniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); कर्मधारयः ‘महान् मुनिः’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• hāhāravam: a ‘hā-hā’ cry, wailing noise
• hāhāravam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāhārava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); विशेषण

• daityāḥ: Daityas (demons)
• daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• nanaṃśire: perished, were destroyed
• nanaṃśire: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś नश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person plural)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) (explicitly addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing ascetic sage strikes the demon Ilvala with a clenched fist; Ilvala collapses into ash while terrified Daityas scatter, hands raised, crying in panic.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Ilvala
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is threatened, decisive action by the righteous restores order; adharma ultimately retreats from sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a sacred arena where demonic forces are driven out.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes the narrative with the defeat and dispersal of the Daityas.