Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

चाक्षुषस्यांतरे देवि यदा दैत्या बलोत्कटाः । हन्यमाना विष्णुनाऽथ दक्षिणां दिशमाविशन्

Transliteration

cākṣuṣasyāṃtare devi yadā daityā balotkaṭāḥ | hanyamānā viṣṇunā'tha dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāviśan

Translation

ହେ ଦେବି! ଚାକ୍ଷୁଷ ମନ୍ୱନ୍ତରରେ ବଳୋତ୍କଟ ଦୈତ୍ୟମାନେ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ହନ୍ୟମାନ ହେଉଥିବାବେଳେ, ସେମାନେ ପଳାଇ ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଦିଗକୁ ପ୍ରବେଶ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• cākṣuṣasya: of Cākṣuṣa
• cākṣuṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of Cākṣuṣa [Manu/period])

• antare: during (the period)
• antare: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the interval/period)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb: when)

• daityāḥ: the demons
• daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• balotkaṭāḥ: mighty in strength
• balotkaṭāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bala-utkaṭa (प्रातिपदिक; बल + उत्कट)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (दैत्याः)

• hanyamānāḥ: being slain
• hanyamānāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: han (धातु) + yamāna (शानच्, कृदन्त)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (दैत्याः)

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता-हेतु (agent in passive)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/thereupon)

• dakṣiṇām: southern
• dakṣiṇām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (दिशम्)

• diśam: direction
• diśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (goal as object with motion verb)

• āviśan: entered
• āviśan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-viś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield tableau in mythic time: Viṣṇu striking down Dānavas; the asuras retreating in panic toward the south; the Goddess addressed as ‘Devi’ in the narration, foreshadowing her arrival.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Daityas
• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection prevails: even the mightiest forces cannot withstand dharma upheld by the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, setting the mythic background for its deity/tīrtha praises.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces the historical-mythic context for later worship instructions.