Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

प्रमाणाकारयुक्तानि देवानां तानि संयुगे । अजेयानि यथा चासंस्तथा चासौ विनिर्ममे

Transliteration

pramāṇākārayuktāni devānāṃ tāni saṃyuge | ajeyāni yathā cāsaṃstathā cāsau vinirmame

Translation

യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ദേവന്മാർക്കായി യോജിച്ച അളവും രൂപവും നൽകി അവ അജേയങ്ങളാകുന്ന വിധം അവൻ അവയെ നിർമ്മിച്ചു; അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു നിർമ്മാണം।

Word by Word

• प्रमाणाकारयुक्तानि: endowed with proper measure and form
• प्रमाणाकारयुक्तानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘तानि’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमाण + आकार + युक्त (युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural; समास (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष): प्रमाणेण आकारेण च युक्तानि (‘endowed with proper measure and form’)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive; ‘of the gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तानि: those (weapons)
• तानि: Karta (Subject of ‘āsaṃs’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अजेयानि: unconquerable
• अजेयानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of ‘तानि’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जेय (जि धातु, यत्/अनीयर्-भाव)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (potential/passive sense ‘not to be conquered’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural

• यथा: as
• यथा: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक — Indeclinable ‘as/in such a way that’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriyā (Verb of state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person, Plural

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/अनुरूपवाचक — Indeclinable ‘so/thus’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject of ‘vinirmame’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (deictic pronoun ‘that he’)

• विनिर्ममे: fashioned/constructed
• विनिर्ममे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्मा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Weapons laid out with precise symmetry—each with ideal proportions—glowing with sanctified brilliance; devas test their balance and feel their invincibility.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Order, proportion, and right method support righteous action; dharma is upheld through disciplined, well-formed means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such cosmic episodes are narrated as part of its glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.