Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नश्यमानास्ततो दृष्ट्वा दैत्यान्दैत्यविनाशनम् । संजघ्ने तान्स चक्रेण निःशेषान्सर्वदानवान्

Transliteration

naśyamānāstato dṛṣṭvā daityāndaityavināśanam | saṃjaghne tānsa cakreṇa niḥśeṣānsarvadānavān

Translation

เมื่อเห็นเหล่าแทตย์ถูกทำลายและพินาศสิ้น พระองค์จึงทรงใช้จักรสังหารเหล่าดานพทั้งหมดจนไม่เหลือหลอ

Word by Word

• नश्यमानाः: perishing
• नश्यमानाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच् वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/काल/स्थानवाचक (from there/then)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyā (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having seen’

• दैत्यान्: the Daityas
• दैत्यान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दैत्यविनाशनम्: the destruction of the Daityas
• दैत्यविनाशनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘दैत्यानां विनाशनम्’ (destruction of the Daityas)

• संजघ्ने: struck down
• संजघ्ने: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (आत्मनेपद) / परोक्षभूत (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• 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

• निःशेषान्: without remainder, all
• निःशेषान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वदानवान्: all the Dānavas
• सर्वदानवान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘सर्वे दानवाः’ (all the Dānavas)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daityasūdana-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: सुन्दरि/वरानना (a addressed female interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, the Lord stands radiant, hurling the Sudarśana-cakra; daityas fall like shattered mountains; the sea-wind and sacred shore frame the cosmic battle.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (implied)
• Daityas
• Dānavas
• Cakra (Sudarśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma reaches its limit, divine justice removes it completely, reestablishing moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied locus of the victory that grounds the site’s Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial-theological narration supporting the epithet Daityasūdana.