Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततो देव्या हतानां च दानवानां महौजसाम् । गजवाजिरथानां च शरीरैरावृता मही

Transliteration

tato devyā hatānāṃ ca dānavānāṃ mahaujasām | gajavājirathānāṃ ca śarīrairāvṛtā mahī

Translation

Kemudian bumi tertutup oleh jasad para Dānava perkasa yang gugur oleh tangan Sang Dewi, juga oleh bangkai gajah, kuda, dan kereta perang.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर (temporal adverb)

• देव्या: by the Goddess
• देव्या: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हतानाम्: of the slain
• हतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘दानवानाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दानवानाम्: of the demons (Dānavas)
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• महौजसाम्: of great might
• महौजसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘दानवानाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गजवाजिरथानाम्: of elephants, horses, and chariots
• गजवाजिरथानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजि (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शरीरैः: with bodies, by bodies
• शरीरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आवृता: covered, enveloped
• आवृता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘मही’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मही: the earth
• मही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Devī’s victory, the battlefield is strewn with the bodies of mighty dānavas and the remains of elephants, horses, and chariots, covering the earth in grim stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma clashes with divine order, its pride collapses completely; dharma is upheld even amid terrifying scenes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred landscape in which this purāṇic episode is situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive of the aftermath of battle.