Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

देवैरिन्द्रादिभिः सर्वैः सेनाध्यक्ष्येभिषेचितः । तेनापि दैवयोगेन तारकाख्यो निपातितः

Transliteration

devairindrādibhiḥ sarvaiḥ senādhyakṣyebhiṣecitaḥ | tenāpi daivayogena tārakākhyo nipātitaḥ

Translation

Todos os deuses, tendo Indra à frente, consagraram-no como comandante dos exércitos. E por ele—pela dispensação divina—Tāraka foi abatido.

Word by Word

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• इन्द्रादिभिः: by Indra and others
• इन्द्रादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’समासान्त/समाहारार्थः (इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्)

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सेनाध्यक्ष्ये: in the office of army-command
• सेनाध्यक्ष्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनाध्यक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अभिषेचितः: consecrated/installed
• अभिषेचितः: Karya/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-षिच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः ‘having been consecrated’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भावः ‘also/even’

• दैवयोगेन: by divine providence
• दैवयोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव-योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैवस्य योगः)

• तारकाख्यः: the one named Tāraka
• तारकाख्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक-आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘तारक इति आख्या यस्य’

• निपातितः: was felled/slain
• निपातितः: Karya/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु) + णिच्? (causative sense) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘made to fall/struck down’ (निपातयति इति भावः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods, led by Indra, perform a consecration of Kārttikeya as commander; then Skanda strikes down Tāraka in battle, the heavens clearing as devas rejoice.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Kārttikeya (implied)
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right leadership aligned with divine order restores dharma; victory is portrayed as daivayoga, not mere force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it is mythic context within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it mentions an abhiṣeka (consecration) of Skanda as senāpati in a narrative sense.