Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

हतभूयेषु दैत्येषु विदार्य धरणीतलम् । पातालं विविशुस्तूर्णं रुधिरेण परिप्लुताः

Transliteration

hatabhūyeṣu daityeṣu vidārya dharaṇītalam | pātālaṃ viviśustūrṇaṃ rudhireṇa pariplutāḥ

Translation

Cuando la mayoría de los Daityas fueron aniquilados, los supervivientes, abriendo la superficie de la tierra, entraron rápidamente en Pātāla, empapados en sangre.

Word by Word

• हतभूयेषु: when most were slain / among those mostly slain
• हतभूयेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (कृदन्त) + भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (हताः भूयांसः येषु तेषु); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दैत्येषु)

• दैत्येषु: among the demons
• दैत्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• विदार्य: having torn open
• विदार्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + दृ (धातु) → विदार्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• धरणीतलम्: the surface of the earth
• धरणीतलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (धरण्याः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पातालम्: the netherworld
• पातालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विविशुः: they entered
• विविशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/वेगवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of speed)

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• परिप्लुताः: covered/soaked all over
• परिप्लुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + प्लु (धातु) → परिप्लुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Wounded daityas, drenched in blood, tear open the earth and plunge into a dark fissure leading to Pātāla; above, the battlefield quiets as devas stand victorious.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma ultimately retreats into darkness; dharma reclaims the visible world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya includes cosmic-scale restoration of order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.