Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दैत्यानामधिपो देवि विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । कृत्वा वर्षशतं युद्धं तलस्वामी ततोऽभवत्

Transliteration

daityānāmadhipo devi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | kṛtvā varṣaśataṃ yuddhaṃ talasvāmī tato'bhavat

Translation

اے دیوی! وشنو—وہ جلیل القدر، ہمہ طاقتور وشنو—کے ساتھ سو برس تک جنگ کرنے کے بعد، دیتیوں کا سردار پھر ‘تلسوامی’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔

Word by Word

• दैत्यानाम्: of the daityas (demons)
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• अधिपः: lord
• अधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रभविष्णुना: by mighty Viṣṇu
• प्रभविष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभ-विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभ + विष्णु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषणम्

• कृत्वा: having done / having waged
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having done’

• वर्षशतम्: a hundred years
• वर्षशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-शत (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तलस्वामी: Talasvāmin (lord named Tala)
• तलस्वामी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तल-स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक; तल + स्वामिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘तलस्य स्वामी’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् अर्थे (thereupon/then)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptodaka-svāmin tīrtha (Talu/Talasvāmi episode)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic tableau: the daitya-king wages a hundred-year war against the all-powerful Viṣṇu; the asura becomes known as Talasvāmi, foreshadowing his defeat and the sanctification of the hot-water tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Viṣṇu
• Daityas
• Talasvāmi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage sites are tied to cosmic history: the tīrtha’s sanctity is grounded in divine conflict and transformation across vast time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative supports the māhātmya of Talasvāmi/Taptodakasvāmi at Taptodaka in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it provides mythic background for the deity/site.