Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

केचित्तत्र हता दैत्याः केचित्पातालमाययुः । निःशेषान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वा सा देवी सिंहवाहिनी

Transliteration

kecittatra hatā daityāḥ kecitpātālamāyayuḥ | niḥśeṣānnihatāndṛṣṭvā sā devī siṃhavāhinī

Translation

Certains démons furent tués là ; d'autres descendirent au Pātāla. Les voyant totalement anéantis, cette Déesse montée sur un lion triompha.

Word by Word

• kecit: some (persons)
• kecit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: "there")

• hatāḥ: killed
• hatāḥ: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: han (धातु) → hata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with दैत्याः)

• daityāḥ: demons (Daityas)
• daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• kecit: some (others)
• kecit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• pātālam: to Pātāla (netherworld)
• pātālam: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āyayuḥ: went
• āyayuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ (आ+इ)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• niḥśeṣān: all, without remainder
• niḥśeṣān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying निहतान्)

• nihatān: slain
• nihatān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni+han (धातु) → nihata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (understood object: "them")

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): "having seen"

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन to सा

• siṃhavāhinī: lion-riding
• siṃhavāhinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: "lion-vehicle-bearer"); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of devī)

Speaker

Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the slaughter, the battlefield quiets; some daityas lie fallen, others vanish into fissures leading to Pātāla; Devī on lion surveys the scene, her expression firm yet serene, attendants standing guard.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daityas
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-restoring power is thorough: evil is either ended or banished, re-establishing cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the setting where the demons meet their end or are driven away.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.