Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

हतेषु सर्वदैत्येषु देवब्राह्मणतापसैः । कल्याणमभवत्तत्र जगत्स्वस्थमनाकुलम्

Transliteration

hateṣu sarvadaityeṣu devabrāhmaṇatāpasaiḥ | kalyāṇamabhavattatra jagatsvasthamanākulam

Translation

സകല ദൈത്യരും ഹതരായപ്പോൾ ദേവന്മാർക്കും ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കും തപസ്വികൾക്കും അവിടെ ക്ഷേമം ഉദിച്ചു; ലോകം ആരോഗ്യവാനും സ്ഥിരവാനും കലഹരഹിതവുമായി.

Word by Word

• हतेषु: when (they) were slain
• हतेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) ‘हत’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (locative absolute context)

• सर्वदैत्येषु: among all the Daityas
• सर्वदैत्येषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘सर्वे दैत्याः’

• देवब्राह्मणतापसैः: by the gods, brahmins, and ascetics
• देवब्राह्मणतापसैः: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (gods, brahmins, and ascetics)

• कल्याणम्: welfare, auspiciousness
• कल्याणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभवत्: arose/was
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद) / अनद्यतनभूत (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वस्थम्: peaceful, well-settled
• स्वस्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; जगत्-विशेषण

• अनाकुलम्: untroubled
• अनाकुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; जगत्-विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the battle, the kṣetra becomes serene: sages resume japa, brāhmaṇas perform rites, devas rejoice; the air clears and the land looks fertile and calm.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Devas
• Brāhmaṇas
• Tāpasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The defeat of adharma yields loka-kalyāṇa—social and spiritual order that safeguards sacred practice and righteous life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the blessed arena where harmony returns after the Lord’s intervention.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse states the fruit of dharma’s victory—untroubled stability for the world.