Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततो देव्या हतानां च दानवानां महौजसाम् । गजवाजिरथानां च शरीरैरावृता मही

Transliteration

tato devyā hatānāṃ ca dānavānāṃ mahaujasām | gajavājirathānāṃ ca śarīrairāvṛtā mahī

Translation

Alors la terre fut couverte des corps des puissants Dānavas tués par la Déesse, ainsi que de ceux des éléphants, des chevaux et des chars.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर (temporal adverb)

• देव्या: by the Goddess
• देव्या: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हतानाम्: of the slain
• हतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘दानवानाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दानवानाम्: of the demons (Dānavas)
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• महौजसाम्: of great might
• महौजसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘दानवानाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गजवाजिरथानाम्: of elephants, horses, and chariots
• गजवाजिरथानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजि (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शरीरैः: with bodies, by bodies
• शरीरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आवृता: covered, enveloped
• आवृता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘मही’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मही: the earth
• मही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Devī’s victory, the battlefield is strewn with the bodies of mighty dānavas and the remains of elephants, horses, and chariots, covering the earth in grim stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma clashes with divine order, its pride collapses completely; dharma is upheld even amid terrifying scenes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred landscape in which this purāṇic episode is situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive of the aftermath of battle.