Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 189

Devanagari script

कुम्भकर्णं निहत्याजौ मेघनादं ततो रणे । निहत्य रावणं रक्षः पश्यतां सर्वरक्षसाम्

Transliteration

kumbhakarṇaṃ nihatyājau meghanādaṃ tato raṇe | nihatya rāvaṇaṃ rakṣaḥ paśyatāṃ sarvarakṣasām

Translation

«Après avoir terrassé Kumbhakarṇa au combat, puis Megha-nāda dans la mêlée, je tuerai Rāvaṇa—le rākṣasa—sous les yeux de tous les rākṣasas.»

Word by Word

• कुम्भकर्णम्: Kumbhakarṇa
• कुम्भकर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्गः नि; क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकालक्रिया) — Gerund/absolutive ‘having slain’

• आजौ: in battle
• आजौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अज’ = युद्ध/रण (कोशार्थ) — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; ‘in battle’

• मेघनादम्: Meghanāda
• मेघनादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् — Indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्गः नि; क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकालक्रिया) — Gerund/absolutive ‘having slain’

• रावणम्: Rāvaṇa
• रावणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• रक्षः: O demon
• रक्षः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन/उद्बोधनार्थे निपातवत् (पाठानुसारं) — Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; used as address ‘O demon!’

• पश्यताम्: of (those) watching
• पश्यताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (पश्यत्) का षष्ठी-बहुवचन (पश्यताम्) — Present active participle stem in Genitive Plural; ‘of those who are watching’

• सर्वरक्षसाम्: of all the demons
• सर्वरक्षसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वरक्षस (प्रातिपदिक) = सर्व + रक्षस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-समूहार्थे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सर्वे रक्षांसि’ — Genitive (6th), Plural; ‘of all the demons’

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (as a prophetic/narrative voice within the Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Laṅkā-yuddha smaraṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych-like battle montage: Kumbhakarṇa falling amid spears; Megha-nāda (Indrajit) struck down; finally Rāvaṇa confronted and slain as rākṣasas look on in shock—Rāma calm, radiant, unwavering.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarṇa
• Meghanāda (Indrajit)
• Rāvaṇa
• Rākṣasa-s

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma ultimately prevails publicly and decisively; arrogance rooted in adharma is brought down in full view of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa); it does not itself describe a tīrtha rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.