Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पीते तत्र महासिन्धावगत्स्ये न महात्मना । दानवा भयसंत्रस्ता इतश्चेतश्च बभ्रमुः

Transliteration

pīte tatra mahāsindhāvagatsye na mahātmanā | dānavā bhayasaṃtrastā itaścetaśca babhramuḥ

Translation

เมื่อพระอากัสตยะผู้มีจิตใจสูงส่งได้ดื่มมหาสมุทรอันยิ่งใหญ่จนเหือดแห้ง เหล่าดานพต่างหวาดกลัวจนตัวสั่นและวิ่งหนีไปทั่วทุกทิศทาง

Word by Word

• पीते: when (it was) drunk
• पीते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘(सिन्धौ) पीते’ इति सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• महासिन्धौ: in the great ocean
• महासिन्धौ: Adhikarana (Locative; in locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् सिन्धुः)

• अगस्त्येन: by Agastya
• अगस्त्येन: Karana/Agent (doer of drinking)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (appositive qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘अगस्त्येन’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण (instrumental in apposition)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• दानवाः: the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भयसंत्रस्ताः: terrified with fear
• भयसंत्रस्ताः: Karta (qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + संत्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (भयेन संत्रस्ताः = frightened by fear)

• इतश्: here/this way
• इतश्: Kriya-viseshana (direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक (from here/this way)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• इतश्: there/that way
• इतश्: Kriya-viseshana (direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• बभ्रमुः: wandered/ran about
• बभ्रमुः: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: With the ocean gone, Dānavas scatter in terror across the revealed seabed while devas advance from the sky and shore; the landscape feels suddenly vast and bare.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Dānava
• Mahāsindhu (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma becomes unstable and scattered when confronted by tapas and divine resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the cosmic order is dramatically restored, magnifying the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse narrates consequences for the asuric forces.