Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

वज्रमिंद्रस्य शक्तिं च वह्नेर्दंडं यमस्य च । खड्गं तु निऋतेः पाशं सम्यक्चक्रे प्रचेतसः

Transliteration

vajramiṃdrasya śaktiṃ ca vahnerdaṃḍaṃ yamasya ca | khaḍgaṃ tu niṛteḥ pāśaṃ samyakcakre pracetasaḥ

Translation

ਇੰਦ੍ਰ ਲਈ ਵਜ੍ਰ, ਅਗਨੀ ਲਈ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ, ਯਮ ਲਈ ਦੰਡ, ਨਿਰ੍ਰਿਤੀ ਲਈ ਖਡਗ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਚੇਤਸ (ਵਰੁਣ) ਲਈ ਪਾਸ਼—ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਸਮ੍ਯਕ ਰੂਪ ਨਾਲ ਬਣਾਇਆ।

Word by Word

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma (Object of ‘cakre’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive; possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शक्तिम्: spear/power-weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• वह्नेः: of Agni (fire-god)
• वह्नेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दण्डम्: staff/rod
• दण्डम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधसूचक — Particle ‘and/indeed’

• निऋतेः: of Nirṛti
• निऋतेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निऋति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पाशम्: noose
• पाशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — Adverb ‘properly/completely’

• चक्रे: made
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• प्रचेतसः: Pracetas (Viśvakarmā)
• प्रचेतसः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agent-name; here subject)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial bestowal: Viśvakarmā presents each weapon to its deity—Indra receives the vajra, Agni the śakti, Yama the staff, Nirṛti the sword, Varuṇa the noose—each weapon radiating its elemental aura.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Agni
• Yama
• Nirṛti
• Varuṇa (Pracetas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine powers are portrayed as coordinated forces upholding cosmic order; each deity’s instrument symbolizes a facet of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this famed episode is embedded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a narrative listing of divine weapons.