Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा दैत्यगणाः सर्वे दुर्मुखं निहतं तदा । दुर्वाससं पुनस्तत्र परित्रातं च विष्णुना

Transliteration

śrutvā daityagaṇāḥ sarve durmukhaṃ nihataṃ tadā | durvāsasaṃ punastatra paritrātaṃ ca viṣṇunā

Translation

یہ سن کر تمام دیوتوں کے جتھے نے دُرمُکھ کے قتل کی خبر پائی، اور یہ بھی جان لیا کہ وہاں دُروَاسا کو وِشنو نے پھر سے پناہ و حفاظت دی تھی۔

Word by Word

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु) → śrutvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having heard)

• daityagaṇāḥ: groups of Daityas
• daityagaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थे (दैत्यानां गणाः)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• durmukham: Durmukha
• durmukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nihatam: slain
• nihatam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-han (धातु) → nihata (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय

• durvāsasam: Durvāsā
• durvāsasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनः (adverb)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• paritrātam: protected/saved
• paritrātam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trā (धातु) + pari- (उपसर्ग) → paritrāta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrator)

Characters & Entities

• Daityagaṇa
• Durmukha
• Durvāsā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guardianship over the righteous is a recurring certainty; dharma is upheld again and again.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, depicted as a protected sacred realm under Viṣṇu’s immediate care.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes Viṣṇu’s protective role rather than a specific rite.