Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

धूम्राक्षो भीमदंष्ट्रश्च कालवश्यो महाहनुः । ब्रह्मघ्नो यज्ञकोपश्च स्त्रीघ्नः पापनिकेतनः

Transliteration

dhūmrākṣo bhīmadaṃṣṭraśca kālavaśyo mahāhanuḥ | brahmaghno yajñakopaśca strīghnaḥ pāpaniketanaḥ

Translation

వారిలో ధూమ్రాక్షుడు, భీమదంష్ట్రుడు, కాలవశ్యుడు, మహాహనువు; బ్రహ్మఘ్నుడు, యజ్ఞకోపుడు; స్త్రీఘ్నుడు, పాపనికేతనుడు—ఇవీ పేర్లుగా ప్రసిద్ధి చెందిరి.

Word by Word

• धूम्राक्षः: Dhūmrākṣa (Smoke-eyed)
• धूम्राक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम्र + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• भीमदंष्ट्रः: Bhīmadaṃṣṭra (Terrible-fanged)
• भीमदंष्ट्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम + दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• कालवश्यः: Kālavaśya (Subject to Time)
• कालवश्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + वश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• महाहनुः: Mahāhanu (Great-jawed)
• महाहनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + हनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• ब्रह्मघ्नः: Brahmaghna (Slayer of Brahmins)
• ब्रह्मघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• यज्ञकोपः: Yajñakopa (Wrath against sacrifices)
• यज्ञकोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• स्त्रीघ्नः: Strīghna (Slayer of women)
• स्त्रीघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• पापनिकेतनः: Pāpaniketana (Abode of sin)
• पापनिकेतनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + निकेतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roll-call of terrifying commanders—Dhūmrākṣa with smoke-dark eyes, Bhīmadaṃṣṭra with fearsome fangs, Kālavaśya shadowed by time, Mahāhanu with massive jaw; alongside grim figures symbolizing brahma-slaying, yajña-wrath, and violence—standing before a vast host.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūmrākṣa
• Bhīmadaṃṣṭra
• Kālavaśya
• Mahāhanu
• Brahmaghna
• Yajñakopa
• Strīghna
• Pāpaniketana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names like “Yajñakopa” signal hostility to sacrifice and sacred order, highlighting adharma as opposition to dharmic rites and protection of the innocent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose māhātmya these antagonistic forces are catalogued.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; yajña is referenced implicitly through the name “Yajñakopa.”