Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

विकृता विकृताकारा असंख्याता महाबलाः । रुद्रेण प्रेरितान्दृष्ट्वा वीरभद्रपुरोगमान्

Transliteration

vikṛtā vikṛtākārā asaṃkhyātā mahābalāḥ | rudreṇa preritāndṛṣṭvā vīrabhadrapurogamān

Translation

พวกเขามีสภาพพิกล พิกลรูปพิกลร่าง นับไม่ถ้วนและมีกำลังมหาศาล—ถูกพระรุทระทรงขับเคลื่อนส่งมา โดยมีวีรภัทรยืนเป็นผู้นำอยู่เบื้องหน้า

Word by Word

• विकृताः: deformed, monstrous
• विकृताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• विकृताकाराः: having distorted forms
• विकृताकाराः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: विकृतः आकारः यस्य (कर्मधारय); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• असंख्याताः: countless
• असंख्याताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + संख्यात (प्रातिपदिक; ‘संख्या’ से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• महाबलाः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: महत् बलम् येषाम् (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• प्रेरितान्: impelled, dispatched
• प्रेरितान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईर्/इर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्; ‘impelled/sent’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• वीरभद्रपुरोगमान्: having Vīrabhadra in the forefront
• वीरभद्रपुरोगमान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: वीरभद्रः पुरोगमः येषाम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, surging army of pramathas—misshapen, many-armed, animal-faced, ash-smeared—fills the horizon; at their head strides Vīrabhadra, blazing-eyed, weapon raised, unstoppable.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Vīrabhadra
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine can manifest terrifying corrective power; fierce forms arise to protect dharma when sacred order is mocked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the Māhātmya’s sacred frame, within which this well-known Shaiva episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the forces mobilized to end an adharma-tainted yajña.