Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

देवदानवयुद्धानि दैत्यगन्धर्व रक्षसाम् । निवारितानि सर्वाणि सरीसृपपतत्रिणाम्

Transliteration

devadānavayuddhāni daityagandharva rakṣasām | nivāritāni sarvāṇi sarīsṛpapatatriṇām

Translation

ദേവ-ദാനവ യുദ്ധങ്ങളും, ദൈത്യ-ഗന്ധർവ-രാക്ഷസരുടെ സംഘർഷങ്ങളും—എല്ലാം തടയപ്പെട്ടു; സർപ്പങ്ങളുടെയും പക്ഷികളുടെയും കലഹങ്ങളും പോലും നിവാരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• देवदानवयुद्धानि: wars of gods and demons
• देवदानवयुद्धानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक) + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवदानवानां युद्धानि)

• दैत्यगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्: of the Daityas, Gandharvas, and Rakshasas
• दैत्यगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (दैत्याश्च गन्धर्वाश्च राक्षसाश्च)

• निवारितानि: were prevented/warded off
• निवारितानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √वृ (धातु) → निवारित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘निवारितानि (सन्ति)’

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (निवारितानि/युद्धानि इत्यस्य)

• सरीसृपपतत्रिणाम्: of reptiles and birds
• सरीसृपपतत्रिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरीसृप (प्रातिपदिक) + पतत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (सरीसृपाश्च पतत्रिणश्च)

Speaker

Sārasvata (narration of the state of affairs)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic tableau: devas and asuras lower weapons; gandharvas and rākṣasas cease hostilities; even serpents and birds rest without fear—an extraordinary stillness spreads like dawn over a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Daityas
• Gandharvas
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma’s restraining force operates, even widespread tendencies toward conflict can be checked across all orders of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides cosmological context inside the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a condition of restrained warfare rather than a rite.