Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

यस्यां युद्धं समभवद्गणानां यमकिंकरैः । आगच्छमानं तं ज्ञात्वा देवराजेन चिंतितम्

Transliteration

yasyāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavadgaṇānāṃ yamakiṃkaraiḥ | āgacchamānaṃ taṃ jñātvā devarājena ciṃtitam

Translation

അവിടെ ഗണങ്ങളുടെയും യമകിങ്കരന്മാരുടെയും ഇടയിൽ യുദ്ധം ഉണ്ടായി. അവൻ വരുന്നതെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞ ദേവരാജൻ ഇന്ദ്രൻ ചിന്താകുലനായി.

Word by Word

• यस्याम्: in which (city)
• यस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• समभवत्: occurred, happened
• समभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• गणानाम्: of the Gaṇas
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यमकिंकरैः: by Yama’s servants
• यमकिंकरैः: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/Agent associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमकिंकर (प्रातिपदिक; यम + किंकर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आगच्छमानम्: coming, approaching
• आगच्छमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present Active Participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• देवराजेन: by the king of gods (Indra)
• देवराजेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज (प्रातिपदिक; देव + राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चिन्तितम्: was thought about, was worried over
• चिन्तितम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (narrative source)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic celestial battlefield: fierce gaṇas clash with dark, stern Yama-kiṅkaras; in the distance the approaching vimāna glows; Indra watches anxiously from his jeweled court.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇas
• Yama
• Yamakiṃkaras
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit can overturn ordinary bonds; divine agencies contend when a soul becomes protected by higher devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse describes a mythic setting tied to the Indreśvara narrative within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya, rather than naming a new terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the cosmic consequences of prior religious observance.