Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दैत्यसंस्थमिदं सर्वमा सीद्दशयुगं किल । असपत्नं ततः सर्वमष्टादशयुगं पुनः

Transliteration

daityasaṃsthamidaṃ sarvamā sīddaśayugaṃ kila | asapatnaṃ tataḥ sarvamaṣṭādaśayugaṃ punaḥ

Translation

On dit que tout ceci demeura sous la puissance des Daitya durant dix yuga. Ensuite, tout redevint sans rival, pendant dix-huit yuga encore.

Word by Word

• दैत्यसंस्थम्: dominated/occupied by Daityas
• दैत्यसंस्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैत्य + संस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दैत्येषु संस्थम्/दैत्यैः संस्थम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आ: up to, for (a duration)
• आ: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्यय—अवधि/पर्यन्तार्थे (‘up to/for’)

• सीत्: was
• सीत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दशयुगम्: for ten yugas
• दशयुगम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (दश युगानि यस्य/परिमाणम्)

• किल: indeed, it is said
• किल: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (श्रुत्यर्थ/ख्यात्यर्थ—‘indeed, it is said’)

• असपत्नम्: without rival, uncontested
• असपत्नम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक-प्रत्यय (a- ‘without’)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अष्टादशयुगम्: for eighteen yugas
• अष्टादशयुगम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टादश + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (अष्टादश युगानि परिमाणम्)

• पुनः: again, thereafter
• पुनः: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (repetition)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic panorama: ten yugas shaded under Daitya banners, then eighteen yugas under a clear sky labeled ‘asapatna’; a great wheel of time turns above Prabhāsa’s shoreline and temple silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic governance alternates across ages; stability and conflict are both framed within divine time and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as part of its Māhātmya’s larger sacred-history narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse presents yuga-based historical periods.