Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

देवदानवगंधर्वदैत्यपन्नगराक्षसान्

Transliteration

devadānavagaṃdharvadaityapannagarākṣasān

Translation

Les dieux, les Dānavas, les Gandharvas, les Daityas, les Nāgas et les Rākṣasas—

Word by Word

• देव-दानव-गन्धर्व-दैत्य-पन्नग-राक्षसान्: gods, demons, gandharvas, daityas, serpents, and rākṣasas
• देव-दानव-गन्धर्व-दैत्य-पन्नग-राक्षसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास (देवाश्च दानवाश्च ...), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping tableau: Devas, Dānavas, Gandharvas, Daityas, Nāgas, and Rākṣasas gathered—each with distinct iconography—forming a charged, otherworldly congregation at the sacred locale.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Gandharvas
• Daityas
• Nāgas (Pannagas)
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage narratives frame dharma as cosmic—affecting and witnessed by all classes of beings, not only humans.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region (the surrounding passage situates these beings in that māhātmya setting).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this half-verse; it functions as an enumeration within the ongoing narrative.