Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा दैत्यगणाः सर्वे दुर्मुखं निहतं तदा । दुर्वाससं पुनस्तत्र परित्रातं च विष्णुना

Transliteration

śrutvā daityagaṇāḥ sarve durmukhaṃ nihataṃ tadā | durvāsasaṃ punastatra paritrātaṃ ca viṣṇunā

Translation

ครั้นได้ยินว่าทุรมุขถูกสังหารแล้ว เหล่าหมู่ไทตยะทั้งปวงก็รู้ด้วยว่า ณ ที่นั้น ทุรวาสะได้ถูกพระวิษณุทรงคุ้มครองไว้อีกครั้ง

Word by Word

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

• daityagaṇāḥ: groups of Daityas
• daityagaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थे (दैत्यानां गणाः)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• 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

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

• durvāsasam: Durvāsā
• durvāsasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनः (adverb)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• paritrātam: protected/saved
• paritrātam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trā (धातु) + pari- (उपसर्ग) → paritrāta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daitya hosts pause in agitation as news spreads: Durmukha is slain, and Durvāsā—an Ātreya brāhmaṇa—has been protected again by Viṣṇu; the demons’ faces show shock and anger against a backdrop of Dvārakā’s sea-walls.

Characters & Entities

• Daityagaṇa
• Durmukha
• Durvāsā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guardianship over the righteous is a recurring certainty; dharma is upheld again and again.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, depicted as a protected sacred realm under Viṣṇu’s immediate care.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes Viṣṇu’s protective role rather than a specific rite.