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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

विश्वेदेवास्तु विश्वायाः साध्या साध्यानजीजनत् । मरुत्वत्यां मरुत्वंतो वसोस्तु वसवस्तथा

viśvedevāstu viśvāyāḥ sādhyā sādhyānajījanat | marutvatyāṃ marutvaṃto vasostu vasavastathā

De Viśvā naquirent les Viśvedevas; et de Viśvā, les Sādhyas engendrèrent les Sādhyas. De Marutvatī naquirent les Maruts; et de Vasu, de même, sortirent les Vasus.

विश्वेदेवाःthe Viśvedevas (all-gods)
विश्वेदेवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वे (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (विश्वे देवाः)
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअन्वय/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle)
विश्वायाःof Viśvā
विश्वायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
साध्याःthe Sādhyas
साध्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; देवगण-नाम
साध्यान्the Sādhyas (as offspring)
साध्यान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन
अजीजनत्begot/produced
अजीजनत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: आ- (आजीजनत्)
मरुत्वत्याम्in/through Marutvatī
मरुत्वत्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative: 'in/from')
मरुत्वन्तःthe Maruts
मरुत्वन्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्वन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; देवगण-नाम
वसोःof Vasu
वसोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग/नामरूपेण, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
तुand/indeed
तु:
Sambandha/Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअन्वय/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle)
वसवःthe Vasus
वसवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; देवगण-नाम
तथाlikewise/so
तथा:
Sambandha/Modifier
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrational style in Māhātmya sections)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: Four divine collectives manifest in ordered ranks: Viśvedevas, Sādhyas, Maruts, and Vasus—each with distinct iconographic cues—emerging from their respective mothers in a cosmic tableau.

V
Viśvā
V
Viśvedevas
S
Sādhyas
M
Marutvatī
M
Maruts
V
Vasu
V
Vasus

FAQs

It presents cosmic order (ṛta) through divine genealogies, teaching that creation unfolds through lawful, sacred lineages upheld by Dharma.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), the sacred region traditionally identified with Prabhāsa/Veraval–Somnāth area in Gujarat.

None in this verse; it is primarily a genealogical listing of deva-groups.