Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्य दृष्ट्या बिभेति स्म देवासुरगणो महान् । न स कोऽप्यस्ति वै प्राणी ब्रह्मांडे सचराचरे

Transliteration

yasya dṛṣṭyā bibheti sma devāsuragaṇo mahān | na sa ko'pyasti vai prāṇī brahmāṃḍe sacarācare

Translation

เพียงแววพระเนตรของผู้ใด ก็ทำให้หมู่ทวยเทพและอสูรอันเกรียงไกรสั่นสะท้าน—ในพรหมาณฑ์ทั้งที่เคลื่อนไหวและนิ่งสง ไม่มีสัตว์ใดไม่อยู่ใต้บารมีของผู้นั้น

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्या: by (his) glance
• दृष्ट्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• बिभेति: fears
• बिभेति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्म: indeed/then (past marker)
• स्म: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; भूतार्थे/पूर्वकाल-सूचक with present)

• देवासुरगणः: the host of gods and demons
• देवासुरगणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + असुर + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—देवाश्च असुराश्च तेषां गणः (समाहार-तत्पुरुषः/समास-प्रयोगः)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गणः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation)

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कः: who/anyone
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (न ... कः अपि = nobody)

• अपि: even/any
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; ‘even/also/any’)

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; emphasis)

• प्राणी: living being
• प्राणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्माण्डे: in the universe
• ब्रह्माण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मणः अण्डम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• सचराचरे: with the moving and unmoving (beings)
• सचराचरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—चरं च अचरं च (द्वन्द्वः) उपसर्ग ‘स-’ = ‘with’; विशेषणम् (ब्रह्माण्डे)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate later dialogue frame in the same adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis seeking kṣetra-phala

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal, radiant Lord whose mere glance makes assembled devas and asuras recoil; the universe—moving beings and mountains/trees—appears within a cosmic aura indicating universal subjection.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Asura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic powers operate under divine ordinance; humility and dharmic living are urged because none are beyond the reach of karmic consequence personified by Śani.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a preeminent sacred field where the deity’s power and worship are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it sets the theological backdrop for Śani/Saurīśvara worship described in subsequent verses.