Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155

Devanagari script

निस्त्रिंशेनाहनत्प्रोच्चैः स च प्राणैर्व्ययुज्यत । दानवः पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ पार्श्वे सिंहविदारिते

Transliteration

nistriṃśenāhanatproccaiḥ sa ca prāṇairvyayujyata | dānavaḥ pārthivaśreṣṭha pārśve siṃhavidārite

Translation

Sang Dewi menghantamnya keras dengan pedang tajam, maka ia pun terpisah dari napas hidupnya. Wahai raja terbaik, Dānava itu roboh dengan lambung terkoyak, bagaikan dicabik singa.

Word by Word

• निस्त्रिंशेन: with a sword
• निस्त्रिंशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निस्त्रिंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आहनत्: struck
• आहनत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रोच्चैः: aloud, forcefully
• प्रोच्चैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उच्चैः-प्रकारक (adverb: loudly/forcefully)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• प्राणैः: from (his) life-breaths
• प्राणैः: Karana/Hetu (Means/with respect to life-breaths)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• व्ययुज्यत: was separated, departed
• व्ययुज्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पार्थिव + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पार्श्वे: at the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिंहविदारिते: torn by a lion
• सिंहविदारिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह-विदारित (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + विदारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva-śreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī delivers a high, decisive sword-blow; the dānava collapses with his side ripped open, likened to a lion’s mauling; onlookers recoil as dust rises.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī (Devī)
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma meets a swift end; the Goddess embodies righteous power that restores cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Varaparvata, where the Devī’s victory becomes part of the site’s sacred memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial episode supporting the Mahātmya of the place through divine history.