Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

वज्रमिंद्रस्य शक्तिं च वह्नेर्दंडं यमस्य च । खड्गं तु निऋतेः पाशं सम्यक्चक्रे प्रचेतसः

Transliteration

vajramiṃdrasya śaktiṃ ca vahnerdaṃḍaṃ yamasya ca | khaḍgaṃ tu niṛteḥ pāśaṃ samyakcakre pracetasaḥ

Translation

For Indra he made the thunderbolt; for Agni the spear; for Yama the staff; for Nirṛti the sword; and for Varuṇa (Pracetas) the noose—he fashioned them all perfectly.

Word by Word

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma (Object of ‘cakre’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive; possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शक्तिम्: spear/power-weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• वह्नेः: of Agni (fire-god)
• वह्नेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दण्डम्: staff/rod
• दण्डम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधसूचक — Particle ‘and/indeed’

• निऋतेः: of Nirṛti
• निऋतेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निऋति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पाशम्: noose
• पाशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — Adverb ‘properly/completely’

• चक्रे: made
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• प्रचेतसः: Pracetas (Viśvakarmā)
• प्रचेतसः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agent-name; here subject)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial bestowal: Viśvakarmā presents each weapon to its deity—Indra receives the vajra, Agni the śakti, Yama the staff, Nirṛti the sword, Varuṇa the noose—each weapon radiating its elemental aura.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Agni
• Yama
• Nirṛti
• Varuṇa (Pracetas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine powers are portrayed as coordinated forces upholding cosmic order; each deity’s instrument symbolizes a facet of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this famed episode is embedded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a narrative listing of divine weapons.