Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

प्रमाणाकारयुक्तानि देवानां तानि संयुगे । अजेयानि यथा चासंस्तथा चासौ विनिर्ममे

Transliteration

pramāṇākārayuktāni devānāṃ tāni saṃyuge | ajeyāni yathā cāsaṃstathā cāsau vinirmame

Translation

Ngài tạo tác chúng với đúng chuẩn mực và hình tướng, dành cho chư thiên nơi chiến trận—để chúng trở nên bất khả chiến bại; quả thật ngài đã làm như vậy.

Word by Word

• प्रमाणाकारयुक्तानि: endowed with proper measure and form
• प्रमाणाकारयुक्तानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘तानि’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमाण + आकार + युक्त (युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural; समास (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष): प्रमाणेण आकारेण च युक्तानि (‘endowed with proper measure and form’)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive; ‘of the gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तानि: those (weapons)
• तानि: Karta (Subject of ‘āsaṃs’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अजेयानि: unconquerable
• अजेयानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of ‘तानि’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जेय (जि धातु, यत्/अनीयर्-भाव)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (potential/passive sense ‘not to be conquered’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural

• यथा: as
• यथा: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक — Indeclinable ‘as/in such a way that’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriyā (Verb of state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person, Plural

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/अनुरूपवाचक — Indeclinable ‘so/thus’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction ‘and’

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject of ‘vinirmame’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (deictic pronoun ‘that he’)

• विनिर्ममे: fashioned/constructed
• विनिर्ममे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्मा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Weapons laid out with precise symmetry—each with ideal proportions—glowing with sanctified brilliance; devas test their balance and feel their invincibility.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Order, proportion, and right method support righteous action; dharma is upheld through disciplined, well-formed means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such cosmic episodes are narrated as part of its glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.