Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

मरुद्भिः सार्धमिन्द्रोऽपि वसुभिः सह किन्नरैः । शिवः क्रोधपरीतात्मा ततश्चादर्शनं गतः

Transliteration

marudbhiḥ sārdhamindro'pi vasubhiḥ saha kinnaraiḥ | śivaḥ krodhaparītātmā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ

Translation

Indra cũng vậy—cùng các Marut, các Vasu và các Kinnara—khi tâm Śiva bị bao phủ bởi cơn giận, liền biến mất khỏi tầm mắt.

Word by Word

• मरुद्भिः: with the Maruts
• मरुद्भिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition ‘together with’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle ‘also/even’)

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• किन्नरैः: with the Kinnaras
• किन्नरैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रोधपरीतात्मा: one whose mind was overwhelmed by anger
• क्रोधपरीतात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध-परित-आत्मन् (कृदन्त; √पॄ/√पॄ? actually √पॄ/√पॄ?; here परीत from परि-√इ (to go around) used adjectivally)
• Form: समास: क्रोधेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; epithet of शिवः

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; sequence adverb ‘then’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• अदर्शनम्: invisibility; disappearance
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतः: went; entered
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate ‘went/entered’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra with Maruts, Vasus, and Kinnaras—celestial retinue—turns away and fades from sight as Śiva’s wrath saturates the space; banners droop, the sky dims, and the assembly empties.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Maruts
• Vasus
• Kinnaras
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods retreat when sacred law is violated and the Lord manifests corrective power; dharma is higher than status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse continues the sacred-history narrative.