Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पादुकासनसंयुक्तं सर्वदैत्यांतकारिणम् । आदौ कृतयुगे देवि दैत्योऽभून्मेघवाहनः

Transliteration

pādukāsanasaṃyuktaṃ sarvadaityāṃtakāriṇam | ādau kṛtayuge devi daityo'bhūnmeghavāhanaḥ

Translation

That place is associated with the Pādukāsana, the “Seat of the Sandal,” and is famed as a slayer of all daityas. O Goddess, in the beginning, in the Kṛta Yuga, there arose a demon named Meghavāhana.

Word by Word

• pādukā-āsana-saṃyuktam: endowed with sandals and a seat/throne
• pādukā-āsana-saṃyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pādukā + āsana + saṃyukta (saṃ-√yuj + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पादुकाभ्यां आसनेन च संयुक्तम्/युक्तम्) — विशेषणम्

• sarva-daitya-anta-kāriṇam: destroyer of all demons
• sarva-daitya-anta-kāriṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + daitya + anta + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वदैत्यानाम् अन्तं करोति इति)

• ādau: in the beginning
• ādau: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ādau (अव्यय/सप्तमी-रूप)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयुक्ता सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative adverb): ‘in the beginning’

• kṛta-yuge: in the Kṛta Yuga
• kṛta-yuge: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृतं युगम्)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• daityaḥ: a demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• abhūt: was/became
• abhūt: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/Imperfect-Aorist usage), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• megha-vāhanaḥ: Meghavāhana (cloud-rider)
• megha-vāhanaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मेघः वाहनं यस्य)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukāsana (Seat of the Sandal)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narration shifts to ancient time: the ‘Pādukāsana’ is shown as a sanctified seat/altar bearing a sandal emblem; in the background, the demon Meghavāhana arises in Kṛta Yuga, foreshadowing conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Kṛta Yuga
• Meghavāhana
• Ādinārāyaṇa
• Pādukāsana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry layered memory—linking a shrine’s sanctity with cosmic history and moral conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ādinārāyaṇa area at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with mention of the Pādukāsana-associated sacred context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse initiates a tīrtha-linked legend (kathā) to frame later merit and practice.