Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाथ तैः सार्द्धमा जगाम जनार्द्दनः । दानवान्घातयामास स चक्रेण पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

evamuktvātha taiḥ sārddhamā jagāma janārddanaḥ | dānavānghātayāmāsa sa cakreṇa pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระชนารทนะเสด็จไปพร้อมกับพวกเขา และทรงเริ่มสังหารพวกทานวะด้วยจักรของพระองค์ ทีละตนแยกกันไป

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriyā (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: then/now)

• तैः: with them
• तैः: Sahakāraka (Instrument of accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन (Instrumental plural: ‘by/with them’)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (indeclinable: together/with)

• आ: (preverb)
• आ: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; क्रियायोगे (prefix/particle intensifying/marking motion)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) / परोक्षभूत (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जनार्द्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्द्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दानवान्: the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (sandhi-resolved from दानवान् = दानवान्/दानवान् < दानवान्?; intended: दानवान् = दानवान् (acc. pl. दानवान्))

• घातयामास: slew
• घातयामास: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) / परोक्षभूत; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) ‘caused to be slain/ slew’

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

• चक्रेण: with the discus
• चक्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पृथगर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (separately)

• पृथक्: each one separately
• पृथक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-बल (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (approaching narrative culmination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (contextual) and the Purāṇic audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana advances with the gods and slays the Dānavas individually with the spinning Sudarśana discus.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Dānavas
• Cakra (Sudarśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power acts decisively against adharma; the Lord’s protection is not merely promised but enacted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Daityasūdana fame is grounded through this victory narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative, highlighting the Lord’s cakra as the instrument of dharma.