Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततोऽवलोकनाद्दैत्यास्तया ते भस्मसात्कृताः । ततः शुंभः प्रकुपितः स्वयमेव समाययौ

Transliteration

tato'valokanāddaityāstayā te bhasmasātkṛtāḥ | tataḥ śuṃbhaḥ prakupitaḥ svayameva samāyayau

Translation

Rồi chỉ bằng một ánh nhìn của nàng, bọn quỷ ấy hóa thành tro bụi. Bấy giờ Śumbha nổi giận, tự thân kéo đến.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/from that)

• avalokanāt: from the act of looking
• avalokanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avalokana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘अवलोकनात्’ = from (her) looking

• daityāḥ: the demons
• daityāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘तया’ = by her

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन (or द्वितीया बहुवचन); संदर्भे: ‘those (demons)’

• bhasmasāt: to ashes
• bhasmasāt: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhasmasāt (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); अर्थे: भस्मभावं (to ashes)

• kṛtāḥ: were made/turned
• kṛtāḥ: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘made/turned’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = then

• śuṃbhaḥ: Śumbha
• śuṃbhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prakupitaḥ: enraged
• prakupitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-kup (धातु)
• Form: कुप्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta (Emphasis/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = oneself

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = emphasis ‘indeed/only’

• samāyayau: came
• samāyayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘came/arrived’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī turns her eyes—calm, unwavering—toward the encircling demons; they crumble into ash mid-motion; Śumbha in the background flares with rage and steps forward alone.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daityas/Dānavas
• Śumbha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī’s śakti is effortless and immediate; even a glance can dissolve adharma when the time for protection arrives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda, presented as a theater of Devī’s direct, miraculous intervention.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes divine sovereignty rather than human ritual action.