Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्येऽस्मिन्निरातंकौ चक्रतू राज्यमञ्जसा । तयोः सेना मुखे वीरास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्प्रकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

trailokye'sminnirātaṃkau cakratū rājyamañjasā | tayoḥ senā mukhe vīrāstrayastriṃśatprakīrtitāḥ

Translation

ಈ ತ್ರಿಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಭಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಡಿದರು. ಅವರ ಸೇನೆಯ ಮುಂಚೂಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂವತ್ತಮೂರು ವೀರರು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• निरातङ्कौ: fearless; untroubled
• निरातङ्कौ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आतङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘they two’)

• चक्रतुः: they made; they established
• चक्रतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

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

• अञ्जसा: easily; readily
• अञ्जसा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अञ्जसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb: easily, straightforwardly)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• मुखे: at the front; in the forefront
• मुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• वीराः: heroes; warriors
• वीराः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्: thirty-three
• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्: Sankhya (Numerical qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस् + त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable-like numeral), बहुवचनार्थे; ‘33’ (त्रयः + त्रिंशत्)

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed; are said to be
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (called/declared)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of the asura rule across the three worlds, with an immense army; at the vanguard stand thirty-three famed champions, like a grim mirror of the ‘trayastriṃśat’ devas.

Characters & Entities

• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• Thirty-three heroes

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power can appear effortless, yet it remains unstable when it stands against dharma and the divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as the sacred setting in which the wider cosmic narrative is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.