Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

पुलहस्य मृगाः पुत्राः सर्वे व्यालाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः । भूताः पिशाचाः सर्पाश्च शूकरा हस्तिनस्तथा

Transliteration

pulahasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ | bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāśca śūkarā hastinastathā

Translation

La descendance de Pulaha fut faite de bêtes—toutes farouches, aux crocs et aux défenses. Il y eut aussi des bhūtas, des piśācas, des serpents, des sangliers et des éléphants.

Word by Word

• पुलहस्य: of Pulaha
• पुलहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मृगाः: deer / animals
• मृगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पुत्राः: sons / offspring
• पुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अपादान/सम्बन्धार्थे ‘sons (offspring)’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• व्यालाः: wild beasts / serpents
• व्यालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• दंष्ट्रिणः: tusked / fanged
• दंष्ट्रिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंष्ट्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (व्यालाः इति)

• भूताः: spirits / beings
• भूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पिशाचाः: piśācas (ghouls)
• पिशाचाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्पाः: snakes
• सर्पाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• शूकराः: boars
• शूकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हस्तिनः: elephants
• हस्तिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle: ‘also/likewise’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic bestiary emerging as Pulaha’s progeny: tusked predators, serpents coiling, boars charging, elephants looming, and shadowy bhūtas/piśācas in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pulaha
• Bhūta
• Piśāca
• Sarpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even fearsome classes of beings are situated within a larger sacred order described by the Purāṇas, where holy geography frames all life within dharma and cosmic lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (near Somanātha/Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it functions as part of the māhātmya’s mythic-historical narration.