Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

शूर्पको विक्षरो माली कालो दण्डककेरलः । एते दैत्या महाकायास्तयोः सेनाधिकारिणः

Transliteration

śūrpako vikṣaro mālī kālo daṇḍakakeralaḥ | ete daityā mahākāyāstayoḥ senādhikāriṇaḥ

Translation

ศูรปกะ วิษระ มาลี กาละ และ ทัณฑก-เกรละ—เหล่าไทตยะร่างมหึมาเหล่านี้เป็นแม่ทัพบัญชาการกองทัพของพี่น้องทั้งสอง

Word by Word

• शूर्पकः: Śūrpaka
• शूर्पकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• विक्षरः: Vikṣara
• विक्षरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• माली: Mālī
• माली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालिन्/माली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• कालः: Kāla
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• दण्डककेरलः: Daṇḍaka-Kerala (named thus)
• दण्डककेरलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डक + केरल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समासः (दण्डकः च केरलः च) नामरूपेण

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दैत्या: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महाकायाः: huge-bodied
• महाकायाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• सेनाधिकारिणः: commanders of the army
• सेनाधिकारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना + अधिकारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (सेनायाः अधिकारिणः)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Five towering asura commanders singled out as senādhikārins, depicted larger-than-life, with distinct weapons and ominous aura, dominating the frame.

Characters & Entities

• Śūrpaka
• Vikṣara
• Mālī
• Kāla
• Daṇḍaka-kerala
• Daitiyas
• Balāti-bala (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma not only acts impulsively; it builds structures of command—yet such structures collapse when confronted by divine truth and dharmic resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the sacred locus for this māhātmya account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.