Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
Devanagari script
एवमुक्तास्तु दक्षेण सर्वास्ताः समुदैरयन्
Transliteration
evamuktāstu dakṣeṇa sarvāstāḥ samudairayan
Translation
Ainsi interpellées par Dakṣa, elles prirent toutes la parole d’une seule voix.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)
उक्ताःaddressed, spoken to
उक्ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः: ‘having been spoken to’
तुbut/then
तु:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)
दक्षेणby Dakṣa
दक्षेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
ताःthose (women)
ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
समुदैरयन्they replied/uttered
समुदैरयन्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + उद् + ईर् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī (addressed in surrounding verses) / audience of ṛṣis in frame
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Dakṣa’s daughters, gathered together, respond in one voice—an image of collective grievance and urgency before their father.
Characters & Entities
D
DakṣaD
Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)FAQs
Collective testimony against wrongdoing becomes a means to restore justice within dharma.
The verse sits within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative context.
None.