Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
निस्तेजसस्तदादित्याः कृतास्तेन रणाजिरे । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवाः कृतास्तेन पराङ्मुखाः
Transliteration
nistejasastadādityāḥ kṛtāstena raṇājire | etasminnantare devāḥ kṛtāstena parāṅmukhāḥ
Translation
その戦場において、彼はアーディティヤたちの光輝を奪い去った。まさにその瞬間、神々は彼により背を向けさせられ、退却を余儀なくされた。
Word by Word
निस्तेजसःdevoid of radiance
निस्तेजसः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिस्तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
कृताःwere made
कृताः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तेनby him
तेन:
Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)/कर्ता (कर्मणि)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
रणाजिरेin the battlefield
रणाजिरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरणाजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; रण + अजिर (battlefield-court)
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अन्तरेin the interval, meanwhile
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
कृताःwere made
कृताः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तेनby him
तेन:
Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)/कर्ता (कर्मणि)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
पराङ्मुखाःturned away, facing away
पराङ्मुखाः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपराङ्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पराङ् + मुख (whose faces are turned away)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: On the battlefield the Ādityas appear dimmed, their halos fading; the gods collectively turn away in reluctant retreat as an overpowering force presses forward under a darkened sky.
Characters & Entities
Ā
ĀdityasD
DevasFAQs
When divine agencies falter, the Purāṇa teaches surrender and turning toward the Supreme for restoration of order.
Prabhāsakṣetra, depicted as the arena where cosmic imbalance is corrected through divine presence.
None in this verse.