Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र कृत्योद्भवो यज्ञे मुनेस्तस्य तपोबलात् । मदोनाम महावीर्यो महाकायो महासुरः

Transliteration

tatra kṛtyodbhavo yajñe munestasya tapobalāt | madonāma mahāvīryo mahākāyo mahāsuraḥ

Translation

तत्र यज्ञे मुनेस्तस्य तपोबलसमुद्भवः । कृत्योद्भवोऽभवत् सत्त्वं मदो नाम महासुरः ॥

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्ययम्; Adverb of place

• कृत्योद्भवः: the arising of the kṛtyā (magical rite/creation)
• कृत्योद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtyā (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृत्यायाः उद्भवः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; Locative, Singular

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्; Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of that (sage)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्; Genitive, Singular

• तपोबलात्: from/through the power of austerity
• तपोबलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तपसः बलम्), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचनम्; Ablative, Singular

• मदः: Mada (name)
• मदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Kriya-visheshana (Naming/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Accusative used adverbially (नाम) = "by name"

• महावीर्यः: of great valor
• महावीर्यः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Nominative, Singular (qualifying 'मदः')

• महाकायः: of huge body
• महाकायः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Nominative, Singular

• महासुरः: a great Asura
• महासुरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Nominative, Singular (appositional)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience within the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the yajña flames and smoke, a colossal asura-form condenses—Mada—muscular, towering, eyes like embers; priests recoil; Cyavana stands firm, the firelight casting long shadows across the sacrificial ground.

Characters & Entities

• Mada
• Cyavana (as the sage)
• Kṛtyā
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas generates immense potency; when joined to wrathful intent it can externalize as formidable destructive forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a place where sacrificial acts and austerities bear extraordinary results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it narrates the consequence of ritual action (kṛtyodbhava) within a yajña.