Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

ज्वलद्भिर्विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैर्दीप्ततेजःसमन्वितैः । महायोगं महात्मानं दुर्द्धर्षममरैरपि

Transliteration

jvaladbhirviśikhaistīkṣṇairdīptatejaḥsamanvitaiḥ | mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ durddharṣamamarairapi

Translation

ศรของเขาแหลมคมและลุกโพลง เปล่งรัศมีเพลิงอันรุ่งโรจน์; เขาเป็นมหาตมะ ผู้ทรงมหาโยค ยากจะต้านทานแม้แต่เหล่าเทวะ

Word by Word

• ज्वलद्भिः: blazing
• ज्वलद्भिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ज्वल् (धातु) → ज्वलत् (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘विशिखैः’विशेषण

• विशिखैः: with arrows
• विशिखैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘विशिखैः’विशेषण

• दीप्त-तेजः-समन्वितैः: endowed with blazing brilliance
• दीप्त-तेजः-समन्वितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त (√दीप्; क्त/PPP) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम्-√इ; क्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘दीप्ततेजस्’ + ‘समन्वित’; ‘विशिखैः’विशेषण

• महा-योगम्: the great yogin / great yoga-practitioner
• महा-योगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्गवत्/प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘महान् योगः’)

• महा-आत्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महा-आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘महान् आत्मा’)

• दुर्द्धर्षम्: hard to overpower
• दुर्द्धर्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √धृष् (धातु) → धर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दुर्’पूर्वक विशेषण

• अमरैः: by the immortals (gods)
• अमरैः: Karana/Agent-in-passive sense (करण/कर्तृसाधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vainya stands radiant, bow drawn, surrounded by a halo of fiery arrows—each arrow-tip blazing—his yogic aura making even gods recoil.

Characters & Entities

• Vainya (Pṛthu)
• Amaras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True authority is strengthened by inner discipline (yoga/tapas), not merely weapons or force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the textual setting; the verse itself is character-description within that māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a laudatory depiction of the dharmic ruler’s potency.