Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

महाबलो महाकायो योजनायुतविस्तरः । अजेयः सर्वदेवानां त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः । ब्रह्मणा तस्य तुष्टेन वरो दत्तो वरानने

Transliteration

mahābalo mahākāyo yojanāyutavistaraḥ | ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ trailokyakṣayakārakaḥ | brahmaṇā tasya tuṣṭena varo datto varānane

Translation

သူသည် အလွန်အမင်း အင်အားကြီး၍ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကြီးမားကာ ယောဇနာ သောင်းသောင်းချီ လျားဝန်း၏။ ဒေဝတမန်အားလုံးအတွက် မအနိုင်ယူနိုင်သူ ဖြစ်ပြီး သုံးလောကကို ပျက်စီးစေသော အကြောင်းရင်း ဖြစ်၏။ မျက်နှာလှသော ဒေဝီရေ၊ သူ့အပေါ် စိတ်ကျေနပ်သော ဘြဟ္မာက ကောင်းချီးတစ်ပါး ပေးတော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• महाबलः: very strong
• महाबलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + बल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• महाकायः: huge-bodied
• महाकायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकाय (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + काय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• योजनायुतविस्तरः: having an extent of ten-thousand yojanas
• योजनायुतविस्तरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योजनायुतविस्तर (प्रातिपदिक; योजन + आयुत + विस्तर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजेय (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + जेय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदेव (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः: causing the destruction of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रैलोक्य + क्षय + कारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent/instrument)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तुष्टेन: being pleased
• तुष्टेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दत्तः: was given
• दत्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukāsana/Ādinārāyaṇa complex (narrative backdrop)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal asura Meghavāhana dominates the frame, spanning vast distances; devas appear dwarfed and distressed; Brahmā, serene yet consequential, grants a boon—foreshadowing the paradox of divine gifts.

Characters & Entities

• Meghavāhana
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Trailokya (three worlds)
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without dharma becomes a threat to cosmic order; boons test the moral direction of the recipient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, since the legend is embedded in its māhātmya to explain sacred significance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is descriptive narrative setting up the boon and its consequences.