Shloka 30 - Adhyaya 81 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Malay | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाथ तैः सार्द्धमा जगाम जनार्द्दनः । दानवान्घातयामास स चक्रेण पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

evamuktvātha taiḥ sārddhamā jagāma janārddanaḥ | dānavānghātayāmāsa sa cakreṇa pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

Setelah berkata demikian, Janārdana pun berangkat bersama mereka, lalu mulai membunuh para Dānava satu demi satu dengan cakra-Nya.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

अथthen

तैःwith them

सार्धम्together with

आ(preverb)

जगामwent

जनार्द्दनःJanārdana (Viṣṇu)

दानवान्the Dānavas (demons)

घातयामासslew

सःhe

चक्रेणwith the discus

पृथक्separately

पृथक्each one separately

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (approaching narrative culmination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (contextual) and the Purāṇic audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana advances with the gods and slays the Dānavas individually with the spinning Sudarśana discus.

Characters & Entities

Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Dānavas

Cakra (Sudarśana)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power acts decisively against adharma; the Lord’s protection is not merely promised but enacted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Daityasūdana fame is grounded through this victory narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative, highlighting the Lord’s cakra as the instrument of dharma.