Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

हिरण्यकशिपुश्चक्रे दैत्यो राज्यं रसातले । मनुपुत्रा धरापृष्ठे स्थापिता देवदानवैः

Transliteration

hiraṇyakaśipuścakre daityo rājyaṃ rasātale | manuputrā dharāpṛṣṭhe sthāpitā devadānavaiḥ

Translation

Hiraṇyakaśipu, le Daitya, établit sa souveraineté en Rasātala ; et les fils de Manu furent placés sur la surface de la terre par les Deva et les Dānava.

Word by Word

• हिरण्यकशिपुः: Hiraṇyakaśipu
• हिरण्यकशिपुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य + कशिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चक्रे: made / established
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दैत्यः: the Daitya
• दैत्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (to हिरण्यकशिपुः)

• राज्यम्: kingdom / rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रसातले: in Rasātala
• रसातले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मनुपुत्राः: sons of Manu (mankind)
• मनुपुत्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मनॊः पुत्राः)

• धरापृष्ठे: on the surface of the earth
• धरापृष्ठे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धरायाः पृष्ठम्)

• स्थापिताः: were placed / established
• स्थापिताः: Kriya (कर्मणि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) (णिच्: स्थापयति)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) from causative stem स्थापय-; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग

• देवदानवैः: by the gods and the Dānavas
• देवदानवैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (देवैश्च दानवैश्च)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hiraṇyakaśipu establishes kingship in Rasātala; simultaneously, Manu’s sons are set upon the earth’s surface by Devas and Dānavas—an image of human world being ‘installed’ amid cosmic factions.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Rasātala
• Manu
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Earth

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic history frames human society (Manu’s line) as situated on earth under a larger cosmic governance that can be disturbed by demonic ambition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, which praises the sacred region through instructive mythic history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is prescribed in this verse.