Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

श्रीदैत्यसूदनाद्देवि नान्यास्ति भुवि देवता । यवाकारं तु तस्यैव क्षेत्रपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

śrīdaityasūdanāddevi nānyāsti bhuvi devatā | yavākāraṃ tu tasyaiva kṣetrapātakanāśanam

Translation

О Деви, на земле нет иного божества, кроме почитаемого Дайтьясуданы (Daityasūdana). Даже сама форма и мера, связанная с Ним (именуемая «йавакара»), уничтожает грехи, относящиеся к этому святому кшетре.

Word by Word

• śrīdaityasūdanāt: from Śrī Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu)
• śrīdaityasūdanāt: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + daitya + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānāṃ sūdanaḥ) + श्री-पूर्वपद (honorific prefix)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvi (प्रातिपदिक: bhu/भू ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• devatā: deity
• devatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yavākāram: having the shape of a barley-grain
• yavākāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yava + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yavasya ākāraḥ)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• tasya: of that (one)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kṣetrapātakanāśanam: the destroyer of sins related to the sacred field
• kṣetrapātakanāśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra + pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣetrasya pātakānāṃ nāśanam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daityasūdana-sthāna within Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daityasūdana (Viṣṇu) standing in majestic form, holding conch and discus, with subdued demon figures at his feet; a marked sacred boundary/measure (yava-grain motif or small measured plot) glowing to show that even a tiny extent purifies; pilgrims bowing at the threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daityasūdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Exclusive refuge in the deity of the kṣetra is emphasized; his presence is declared uniquely sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Daityasūdana’s Viṣṇu-kṣetra within Prabhāsa, including its distinctive described extent/form (yavākāra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, approaching/recognizing the deity’s sacred locus; the verse stresses the purifying power of the kṣetra itself.