Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इंद्रलोकादिहानीता जित्वा शक्रं सुरारिणा । दशाननस्य पुत्रेण लंकायां स्थापिता पुरा

Transliteration

iṃdralokādihānītā jitvā śakraṃ surāriṇā | daśānanasya putreṇa laṃkāyāṃ sthāpitā purā

Translation

Autrefois, après avoir vaincu Śakra (Indra), l’ennemi des dieux l’emporta du monde d’Indra et, depuis longtemps, l’installa à Laṅkā—par le fils de Daśānana (Rāvaṇa).

Word by Word

• indra-lokāt: from Indra’s world
• indra-lokāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘इन्द्रस्य लोकः’); पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb)

• ānītā: was brought
• ānītā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘was brought’

• jitvā: having conquered
• jitvā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Gerundial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ji (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) ‘having conquered’

• śakram: Śakra (Indra)
• śakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• sura-ariṇā: by the enemy of the gods
• sura-ariṇā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘सुराणाम् अरिः’); पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• daśa-ānanasya: of Daśānana (ten-faced, Rāvaṇa)
• daśa-ānanasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (‘दश आननानि यस्य’ → ‘दशानन’); पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• putreṇa: by (his) son
• putreṇa: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• laṅkāyām: in Laṅkā
• laṅkāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• sthāpitā: was installed
• sthāpitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• purā: formerly, long ago
• purā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context of the adhyāya dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic flashback: a powerful asura figure, identified as the son of Daśānana, defeats Indra and carries a radiant divine image from Indra’s heaven to Laṅkā, where it is installed.

Characters & Entities

• Indraloka
• Śakra (Indra)
• Daśānana (Rāvaṇa)
• Rāvaṇa’s son
• Laṅkā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when sacred symbols are displaced by conflict, their sanctity endures and later becomes a source of tīrtha-glory when rightly established.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it provides the sacred provenance of the image that will be praised for darśana and protection.