Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

आयसं पात्रमादाय बलमाधाय सर्वशः । विरोचनस्तु प्राह्लादिस्तेषां वत्सः प्रतापवान्

Transliteration

āyasaṃ pātramādāya balamādhāya sarvaśaḥ | virocanastu prāhlādisteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān

Translation

ఇనుప పాత్రను తీసుకొని, సమస్తంగా బలమును ఆహరించి—ప్రహ్లాదుని కుమారుడు విరోచనుడు వారి ప్రతాపవంతమైన వత్సమయ్యెను।

Word by Word

• आयसम्: made of iron
• आयसम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पात्रम्: vessel
• पात्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आधाय: having placed/applied
• आधाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• सर्वशः: in every way; completely
• सर्वशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समग्रता-बोधक-अव्यय (adverb: wholly/in every way)

• विरोचनः: Virocana
• विरोचनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• प्राह्लादिः: Prāhlādi (descendant of Prahlāda)
• प्राह्लादिः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राह्लादि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वत्सः: calf
• वत्सः: Karta (कर्ता/role in milking metaphor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Asuras perform their ‘milking’: an iron vessel receives a dark-lustrous essence symbolizing bala; Virocana (Prahlāda’s son) appears as a mighty calf; the scene contrasts metallic austerity with the Earth-cow’s patience.

Characters & Entities

• Virocana
• Prahlāda
• Bala (strength)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power too is a ‘resource’ governed by cosmic order; even asuric strength is depicted as drawn through assigned means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account is part of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where sacred narration supports the tīrtha’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, mapping symbolic correspondences (vessel, calf, yield) for the asuras.