Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्थिताः सर्वे तदा देवि ब्रह्माद्याः सुरसत्तमाः

Transliteration

sthitāḥ sarve tadā devi brahmādyāḥ surasattamāḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ, ദേവീ, ബ്രഹ്മാദികളായ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദേവന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും അവിടെ ഒന്നിച്ചു നിന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्थिताः: stood, remained
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘standing/remained’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माद्याः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्माद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मा आदिः येषाम्/ब्रह्मा आदौ ये)

• सुरसत्तमाः: best of the gods
• सुरसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सुराणां सत्तमाः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā and the leading devas stand gathered in solemn formation at Prabhāsa, facing the sacred center; the air is charged with expectancy after the troubling news.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Brahmā
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places draw even the highest divine beings; sacred geography is affirmed as spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it sets the scene for later instructions.