Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

इत्यादिवचनैः क्रुद्धो हन्तुं दैत्यः समुत्थितः । तदा माता समागत्य पुत्रस्य पुरतः स्थिता

Transliteration

ityādivacanaiḥ kruddho hantuṃ daityaḥ samutthitaḥ | tadā mātā samāgatya putrasya purataḥ sthitā

Translation

เมื่อโกรธด้วยถ้อยคำเช่นนั้น อสูรก็ลุกขึ้นเพื่อฆ่า ครั้นนั้นมารดามาถึงและยืนอยู่เบื้องหน้าบุตรของตน

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्ति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे/विशेषणरूपेण; समासपूर्वपद-भाव (etc.)

• वचनैः: by words/speeches
• वचनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• हन्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ (to kill)

• दैत्यः: demon (Daitya)
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुत्थितः: rose up
• समुत्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम् + उत् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘उत्थित’ = risen/stood up

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम् + आ + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having come)

• पुत्रस्य: of the son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (spatial adverb: in front of)

• स्थिता: stood
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (unattributed narrative voice within the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/audience (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A furious demon rises to strike; the mother rushes in and stands between demon and son, arms outstretched, embodying protective love amid danger.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Mother
• Son (Prahlāda implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion can provoke conflict, yet dharma also manifests as protective compassion—here, a mother shielding her child.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The story is told within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), using narrative to reinforce the spiritual atmosphere of the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative context.