Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

विद्युन्माली च बन्धूकः शंकुकर्णो विभावसुः । देवांतको विकर्मा च दुर्भिक्ष क्रूर एव च

Transliteration

vidyunmālī ca bandhūkaḥ śaṃkukarṇo vibhāvasuḥ | devāṃtako vikarmā ca durbhikṣa krūra eva ca

Translation

Et encore : Vidyunmālī, Bandhūka, Śaṃkukarṇa et Vibhāvasu ; Devāntaka, Vikarmā ; Durbhikṣa et Krūra aussi — (eux aussi comptaient parmi leurs chefs).

Word by Word

• विद्युन्माली: Vidyunmālī (Garlanded with lightning)
• विद्युन्माली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत् + माली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बन्धूकः: Bandhūka
• बन्धूकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• शंकुकर्णः: Śaṃkukarṇa (Spike-eared)
• शंकुकर्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकु + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• विभावसुः: Vibhāvasu
• विभावसुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभावसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• देवांतकः: Devāntaka (Destroyer of gods)
• देवांतकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• विकर्मा: Vikarmā
• विकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुर्भिक्षः: Durbhikṣa (Famine)
• दुर्भिक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् + भिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• क्रूरः: Krūra (Cruel)
• क्रूरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (विशेषण-नामरूपेण)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roll-call of formidable Daitiya chiefs—each with distinct emblems—standing in martial assembly, suggesting an impending cosmic crisis.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyunmālī
• Bandhūka
• Śaṃkukarṇa
• Vibhāvasu
• Devāntaka
• Vikarmā
• Durbhikṣa
• Krūra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma manifests socially as cruelty, disorderly action (vikarma), and even famine—signs of a world needing divine and dharmic correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the sacred frame of this māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.