Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

आदित्यदेहजाः सर्वे तथान्ये देवदानवाः

Transliteration

ādityadehajāḥ sarve tathānye devadānavāḥ

Translation

ଦେବତା ଓ ଦାନବ—ସମସ୍ତେ—ଆଦିତ୍ୟଙ୍କ ଦେହରୁ ଜନ୍ମିତ; ତଥା ଅନ୍ୟମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ (ତାଙ୍କଠାରୁ) ଉଦ୍ଭବିତ।

Word by Word

• āditya-deha-jāḥ: born from the Sun’s body
• āditya-deha-jāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (ādityadehāt jāḥ / ādityadehasya jāḥ)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय — adverb

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• deva-dānavāḥ: gods and demons (Dānavas)
• deva-dānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (devāś ca dānavāś ca)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: from the radiant body of Āditya emanate diverse beings—devas and dānavas—like rays differentiating into forms, emphasizing unity-in-diversity.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is honored as a universal source sustaining all beings, encouraging reverence for cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya’s supremacy is described within the local māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this half-verse.