Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ते सर्व एव दैत्येन्द्राः कोटिशः समुपागताः । ततोऽभवन्महायुद्धं देव्यास्तत्रासुरैः सह

Transliteration

te sarva eva daityendrāḥ koṭiśaḥ samupāgatāḥ | tato'bhavanmahāyuddhaṃ devyāstatrāsuraiḥ saha

Translation

Todos aquellos señores de los daityas se congregaron por millones. Entonces, allí surgió una gran batalla entre la Diosa y los asuras.

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• daitya-indrāḥ: lords of the daityas
• daitya-indrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्राः)

• koṭiśaḥ: in crores, by the crore
• koṭiśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: koṭiśas (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of number)

• samupāgatāḥ: having assembled/arrived
• samupāgatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + sam + upa (उपसर्ग); samupāgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आगत’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतु-वाचक-अव्यय (then/from that)

• abhavat: arose, happened
• abhavat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mahā-yuddham: a great battle
• mahā-yuddham: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Theme)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् युद्धम्)

• devyāḥ: of the Goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• asuraiḥ: with the asuras
• asuraiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa-kṣetra, innumerable daitya-kings assemble like a dark ocean; opposite them stands the radiant Devī, initiating a vast battlefield confrontation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Asurāḥ
• Daityendrāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma amasses power, the Divine confronts it directly—affirming that ultimate victory belongs to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a sacred arena where divine power manifests to uphold cosmic order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse announces the commencement of the major battle episode.