Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

आदित्यदेहजाः सर्वे तथान्ये देवदानवाः

Transliteration

ādityadehajāḥ sarve tathānye devadānavāḥ

Translation

آدتیہ کے جسم ہی سے سب دیوتا پیدا ہوئے؛ اسی طرح دانَو بھی، اور دوسرے سب بھی۔

Word by Word

• āditya-deha-jāḥ: born from the Sun’s body
• āditya-deha-jāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (ādityadehāt jāḥ / ādityadehasya jāḥ)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय — adverb

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• deva-dānavāḥ: gods and demons (Dānavas)
• deva-dānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (devāś ca dānavāś ca)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: from the radiant body of Āditya emanate diverse beings—devas and dānavas—like rays differentiating into forms, emphasizing unity-in-diversity.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun is honored as a universal source sustaining all beings, encouraging reverence for cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya’s supremacy is described within the local māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this half-verse.