Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

देवमातेति ते नाम कृत्वोचुस्तां तदा सुराः । कृत्वा तु भैरवं कार्यमसाध्यं देवदानवैः

Transliteration

devamāteti te nāma kṛtvocustāṃ tadā surāḥ | kṛtvā tu bhairavaṃ kāryamasādhyaṃ devadānavaiḥ

Translation

Kemudian para dewa menamakan baginda “Devamātā” dan mengisytiharkannya; kerana baginda telah menyempurnakan suatu perbuatan laksana Bhairava, yang mustahil dilakukan oleh para dewa mahupun asura.

Word by Word

• deva-mātā: Mother of the gods
• deva-mātā: Sambodhana/Predicate (Naming)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘देवानां माता’)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāma: a name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘नाम’ = name (as object of ‘kṛtvā’)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकर्म/Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक; ‘having made’

• ūcuḥ: they said
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• tām: to her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then/at that time)

• surāḥ: the gods
• surāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; te = surāḥ (apposition)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकर्म/Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (but/indeed)

• bhairavam: terrible
• bhairavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कार्यं’ विशेषण

• kāryam: a deed/task
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• asādhyam: impossible (to accomplish)
• asādhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-sādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negation)

• deva-dānavaiḥ: by gods and Dānavas
• deva-dānavaiḥ: Karaṇa/Agent (by/for whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (‘देवैः च दानवैः च’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Devamātā and Bhairava-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas in assembly proclaim the Goddess’ new epithet ‘Devamātā’, celebrating her fearsome Bhairava-like accomplishment; the coastal sacred landscape is implied as the backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Devamātā
• Devas (Suras)
• Dānavas
• Bhairava (as quality/association)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine motherhood signifies protective power: the Goddess is honored for accomplishing what even cosmic powers cannot.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Prabhāsa-kṣetra locale associated with Devī titled Devamātā, arising from the Vaḍavānala/Bhairava episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes nāma-karaṇa (bestowal of a sacred epithet) as part of tīrtha legend.