Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । दुर्मुखं निहतं दृष्ट्वा दानवो दुःसहस्तदा । आक्रोशदुच्चैर्दितिजाञ्छीघ्रमागम्यतामिति

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | durmukhaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavo duḥsahastadā | ākrośaduccairditijāñchīghramāgamyatāmiti

Translation

ప్రహ్లాదుడు పలికెను—దుర్ముఖుడు హతుడైనదాన్ని చూచి దానవుడు దుఃసహుడు అప్పుడు గట్టిగా దితిజ దైత్యులను పిలిచి—“త్వరగా రండి!” అని అరిచెను.

Word by Word

• prahlādaḥ: Prahlāda
• prahlādaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + ud- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• durmukham: Durmukha
• durmukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nihatam: slain
• nihatam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-han (धातु) → nihata (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having seen)

• dānavaḥ: the demon
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• duḥsahaḥ: hard to endure; furious
• duḥsahaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥsaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय

• ākrośat: cried out
• ākrośat: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kruś (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• uccaiḥ: loudly
• uccaiḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uccaiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• ditijān: the Diti-born (demons)
• ditijān: Karma (Addressee as object of call/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ditija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb)

• āgamyatām: come
• āgamyatām: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थ

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotation marker)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield moment in Dvārakā: Durmukha lies fallen; Duḥsaha, a dānava, raises his arms and cries out to summon the Diti-born hosts, the sea-wind whipping banners and dust.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Durmukha
• Duḥsaha
• Ditijāḥ (sons of Diti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma tends to escalate through association; yet such gatherings cannot overturn divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s māhātmya context continues, portraying the dhāma as a stage for the Lord’s defense of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the summoning of demonic allies.