Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

प्रसादाच्छूलिनः सद्यो जीवितं प्राप्य दानवः । उत्थितः सहसा क्रुद्धः क्व विष्णुरिति चाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

prasādācchūlinaḥ sadyo jīvitaṃ prāpya dānavaḥ | utthitaḥ sahasā kruddhaḥ kva viṣṇuriti cābravīt

Translation

சூலதாரி சிவனின் அருளால் அந்த தானவன் உடனே உயிர் பெற்றான்; திடீரென எழுந்து கோபத்துடன் “விஷ்ணு எங்கே?” என்று கூவினான்.

Word by Word

• prasādāt: from (the) grace
• prasādāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), एकवचनम्

• śūlinaḥ: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• śūlinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūlin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘immediately’)

• jīvitam: life
• jīvitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) उपसर्गः प्र
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• dānavaḥ: the demon
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• utthitaḥ: risen up
• utthitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utthita (कृदन्त, √sthā स्था with ud-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (क्त)

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘suddenly/violently’)

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त, √krudh क्रुध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• kva: where
• kva: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: ‘where?’)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject of quoted clause/उक्तवाक्यकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin)
• Viṣṇu
• Kuśa
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can restore life and power, yet without inner transformation it may still fuel hostility—boons do not replace wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-māhātmya provides the sacred setting; the presence of a Śivālaya points to holy precincts within the Dvārakā landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes prasāda (grace) rather than a specific rite.