Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

गणान्संप्रेषयामास यज्ञविध्वंसनाय च । ते गताश्च गणा रौद्राः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

gaṇānsaṃpreṣayāmāsa yajñavidhvaṃsanāya ca | te gatāśca gaṇā raudrāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

พระองค์ทรงส่งหมู่คณะคณะคณ (Gaṇa) ออกไปเพื่อทำลายยัญพิธี เหล่าคณผู้ดุดันนั้นก็ออกเดินทางไปเป็นร้อย ๆ กระทั่งเป็นพัน ๆ

Word by Word

• गणान्: the troops (gaṇas)
• गणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• संप्रेषयामास: sent forth, dispatched
• संप्रेषयामास: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + इष्/प्रेष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect) परिप्रयोगः, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative sense: ‘caused to be sent/sent forth’)

• यज्ञविध्वंसनाय: for the destruction of the sacrifice
• यज्ञविध्वंसनाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + विध्वंसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: यज्ञस्य विध्वंसनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्गे चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• गताः: went, departed
• गताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘gone’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• गणाः: the gaṇas
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• रौद्राः: fierce, terrible
• रौद्राः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्ययम् (distributive adverb: ‘by hundreds’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (then)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्ययम् (distributive adverb: ‘by thousands’)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers within the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, in wrathful composure, gestures commandingly; waves of gaṇas surge forth like a storm—armed, roaring, rushing toward the blazing sacrificial pavilion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaṇas
• yajña (sacrifice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual without reverence becomes hollow; when dharma is violated, divine forces act to correct the imbalance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, framing this cosmic event within the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The yajña is mentioned as the target of destruction; no positive ritual instruction is given here.