Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अमीषामपि शस्त्राणा मुत्तमं वज्रमिष्यते । तद्धारणाद्यतोऽस्माकं देवराजत्वमिष्यते

Transliteration

amīṣāmapi śastrāṇā muttamaṃ vajramiṣyate | taddhāraṇādyato'smākaṃ devarājatvamiṣyate

Translation

या सर्व शस्त्रांमध्ये वज्र हेच उत्तम मानले जाते. कारण ते धारण केल्याने आमचे देवराजत्व—इंद्रपद—निश्चितपणे सुरक्षित व प्रतिष्ठित होते.

Word by Word

• amīṣām: of these
• amīṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अपि) = "also/even"

• śastrāṇām: of weapons
• śastrāṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी)

• uttamam: the best
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative singular (1st/2nd); predicative with "vajram"

• vajram: the thunderbolt (Vajra)
• vajram: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative singular (1st/2nd); subject of "iṣyate"

• iṣyate: is regarded (as)
• iṣyate: Kriyā (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person singular (प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन), Ātmanepada; passive-like sense: "is considered"

• tat: from that
• tat: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative singular (5th/पञ्चमी) in compound with following: "from that"

• dhāraṇāt: from (its) bearing/holding
• dhāraṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative singular (5th/पञ्चमी); "from holding"

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative singular used as causal relative adverb: "because/wherefrom"

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी)

• devarājatvam: sovereignty of the gods
• devarājatvam: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + rājatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative singular (1st/2nd); tatpuruṣa: deva-rājatva = "kingship among gods"

• iṣyate: is obtained/considered
• iṣyate: Kriyā (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; "is considered/accepted"

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya-style audience, typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra) in a celestial court, holding or contemplating the vajra, speaking of its preeminence among weapons; devas assembled, aura of sovereignty and storm-light.

Characters & Entities

• Vajra
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and rulership are portrayed as dependent on divinely sanctioned instruments used in the service of protection, not ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya’s narrative flow, though it discusses cosmic weaponry rather than local rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of symbolic theology about the vajra and Indra’s office.