Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

सम्यग्विदितविक्रान्ताः कालान्तकयमोपमाः । रक्षो दानवदैत्याश्च पाताले येऽपि संस्थिताः

Transliteration

samyagviditavikrāntāḥ kālāntakayamopamāḥ | rakṣo dānavadaityāśca pātāle ye'pi saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

Célèbres par leur vaillance, pareils à Yama, l’acheveur du temps—rākṣasas, dānavas et daityas—, même ceux établis en Pātāla, le monde souterrain, s’avancèrent.

Word by Word

• samyak: well, properly
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• vidita-vikrāntāḥ: whose prowess is well-known
• vidita-vikrāntāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vikrānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; (विदिता विक्रान्ता येषां/येषां विक्रान्तं विदितम्)

• kāla-antaka-yama-upamāḥ: like Kāla, Antaka, and Yama
• kāla-antaka-yama-upamāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + antaka (प्रातिपदिक) + yama (प्रातिपदिक) + upama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; (कालान्तकयम-सदृशाः)

• rakṣaḥ: rakṣasas (demons)
• rakṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जातिवाचक-समूहार्थे

• dānava-daityāḥ: dānavas and daityas
• dānava-daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pātāle: in the netherworld (Pātāla)
• pātāle: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• saṃsthitāḥ: stationed, present
• saṃsthitāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + sam (उपसर्ग); saṃsthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘स्थित’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark procession rises from subterranean fissures—rākṣasas, dānavas, daityas—armored and grim, their presence likened to Kāla/Yama; the horizon crowds with ominous figures converging on Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasāḥ
• Dānavāḥ
• Daityāḥ
• Yama
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma can mobilize vast forces, but their very gathering becomes the occasion for the triumph of divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya frames cosmic conflict to emphasize the protective sanctity surrounding the sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse catalogs the assembling hostile forces.