Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । कृतकृत्यास्त्वया भद्रे दानवस्य निषूदनात्

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | kṛtakṛtyāstvayā bhadre dānavasya niṣūdanāt

Translation

દેવોએ કહ્યું: “હે ભદ્રે! દાનવનો નિષૂદન કરીને તું અમારું કર્તવ્ય પૂર્ણ કર્યું છે.”

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; Perfect, 3rd person, Plural

• कृतकृत्याः: having accomplished the purpose; fulfilled
• कृतकृत्याः: Visheshya (Predicate complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु + क्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृतं कृत्यं येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural (predicate of देवाः)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious one
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन; Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• दानवस्य: of the demon
• दानवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निषूदनात्: from/through the slaying
• निषूदनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि + सूद् (धातु) + अन (प्रातिपदिक/भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, relieved, address the Devī with folded hands, acknowledging that her slaying of the dānava has fulfilled their purpose; the atmosphere is thankful and stabilized.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Devī
• Dānava (demon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is invoked as the restorer of cosmic order; the defeat of demonic forces is portrayed as the completion of dharmic necessity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya situates the Goddess’s protective acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of praise acknowledging the demon’s destruction.