Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दैत्या नाशं गमिष्यंति विष्णुना निहता भुवि । भवित्री त्वं महादेवि दैत्यभारविवर्जिता

Transliteration

daityā nāśaṃ gamiṣyaṃti viṣṇunā nihatā bhuvi | bhavitrī tvaṃ mahādevi daityabhāravivarjitā

Translation

«Les daityas iront à leur perte, frappés par Viṣṇu sur la terre. Et toi, grande Déesse, tu seras délivrée du fardeau des daityas.»

Word by Word

• दैत्याḥ: the demons (Daityas)
• दैत्याḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• गमिष्यन्ति: will go to, will meet with
• गमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — "will go/attain"

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• निहताḥ: slain
• निहताḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — agreeing with दैत्याḥ

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भूमि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• भवित्री: (you) will be, you will become
• भवित्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवित्री (प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; कर्तृवाचक-तृन्/त्री-प्रत्यय (agent noun)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक: महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative singular

• दैत्यभारविवर्जिता: freed from the burden of the demons
• दैत्यभारविवर्जिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैत्य + भार + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक: वि + वर्ज् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; बहिर्गत-समासार्थः: "दैत्यभारात् विवर्जिता" (free from the burden of demons)

Speaker

Śiva (Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic declaration: Viṣṇu as the slayer of daityas, with Devī relieved of their burden; the scene can juxtapose Devī’s tapas with a visionary glimpse of Viṣṇu’s battle on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Daityas
• Dharitrī (Earth goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma becomes heavy, the divine order responds—evil is removed and the world is lightened.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the sacred setting where such divine assurances are spoken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it is a prophetic assurance about the removal of daitya oppression through Viṣṇu.