Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

यस्यैकदिवसप्रांते सदेवासुरमानवाः । विलयं यांति देवेशि कस्तं न प्रतिपूजयेत्

Transliteration

yasyaikadivasaprāṃte sadevāsuramānavāḥ | vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi kastaṃ na pratipūjayet

Translation

À la fin d’un seul de ses jours, dieux, asuras et humains se résorbent pareillement ; ô Déesse des dieux, qui ne le vénérerait avec une profonde révérence ?

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive (6th), Singular

• एकदिवसप्रान्ते: at the end of one day
• एकदिवसप्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + दिवस + प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (एकस्य दिवसस्य प्रान्तः) — ‘at the end of one day’

• सदेव: together with the gods
• सदेव: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सहितं देवैः) — ‘together with the gods’; पदं विशेषणरूपेण (आसुरमानवाः)

• असुरमानवाः: asuras and humans
• असुरमानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; समासः: द्वन्द्व (असुराश्च मानवाश्च)

• विलयम्: dissolution
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• यान्ति: go/enter
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada

• देवेशि: O Goddess (mistress of the gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• प्रतिपूजयेत्: should duly worship
• प्रतिपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada; उपसर्गः: प्रति-

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Devēśī addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: at the close of a single divine day, worlds fade into dissolution—devas, asuras, and humans dissolving into a vast darkness—while the worship-worthy Lord remains luminous; the address to Devī suggests a sacred dialogue backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśī (the Goddess addressed)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Mānavas
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Awareness of cosmic time and dissolution inspires humility and deep devotion; the Supreme deserves intensified worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where worship is framed against the vastness of divine time and cosmic cycles.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratipūjā—heightened, careful worship—presented as the appropriate response to divine sovereignty.