Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र वर्षशतं साग्रं दैत्याश्चक्रुर्महाहवम् । विष्णुना सह देवेशि दिव्यास्त्रैश्च पृथग्विधैः

Transliteration

tatra varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ daityāścakrurmahāhavam | viṣṇunā saha deveśi divyāstraiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ

Translation

Doon, O Ginang ng mga diyos, ang mga Daitya ay nagsagawa ng napakalaking digmaan laban kay Viṣṇu sa loob ng mahigit isang daang taon, gamit ang sari-saring sandatang makalangit.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: there)

• varṣaśatam: for a hundred years
• varṣaśatam: Karma (Extent of time/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa-śata (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration as object/accusative of extent)

• sāgram: and more (with an excess)
• sāgram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (वर्षशतम्)

• daityāḥ: the demons
• daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• cakruḥ: made / waged
• cakruḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahāhavam: a great battle
• mahāhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-āhava (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आहव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• viṣṇunā: with Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सह-योगे करण (with)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Comitative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (indeclinable: with)

• deveśi: O lady of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईशी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• divyāstraiḥ: with divine weapons
• divyāstraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya-astra (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + अस्त्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• pṛthagvidhaiḥ: of various kinds
• pṛthagvidhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthag-vidha (प्रातिपदिक; पृथक् + विध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (अस्त्रैः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Daityas
• Divyāstras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma may resist for long, but divine order endures and ultimately prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the broader sacred landscape in which this battle-background is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual here; it frames the sanctity of later worship sites by recounting their mythic backdrop.