Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पादुकासनसंयुक्तं सर्वदैत्यांतकारिणम् । आदौ कृतयुगे देवि दैत्योऽभून्मेघवाहनः

Transliteration

pādukāsanasaṃyuktaṃ sarvadaityāṃtakāriṇam | ādau kṛtayuge devi daityo'bhūnmeghavāhanaḥ

Translation

Nơi ấy gắn với “Pādukāsana” (Tòa Ngự của Dép), và được truyền tụng là đấng diệt trừ mọi loài quỷ thần (daitya). Hỡi Nữ Thần, thuở ban đầu của Kṛta Yuga đã xuất hiện một ác quỷ tên Meghavāhana.

Word by Word

• pādukā-āsana-saṃyuktam: endowed with sandals and a seat/throne
• pādukā-āsana-saṃyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pādukā + āsana + saṃyukta (saṃ-√yuj + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पादुकाभ्यां आसनेन च संयुक्तम्/युक्तम्) — विशेषणम्

• sarva-daitya-anta-kāriṇam: destroyer of all demons
• sarva-daitya-anta-kāriṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + daitya + anta + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वदैत्यानाम् अन्तं करोति इति)

• ādau: in the beginning
• ādau: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ādau (अव्यय/सप्तमी-रूप)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयुक्ता सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative adverb): ‘in the beginning’

• kṛta-yuge: in the Kṛta Yuga
• kṛta-yuge: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृतं युगम्)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• daityaḥ: a demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• abhūt: was/became
• abhūt: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/Imperfect-Aorist usage), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• megha-vāhanaḥ: Meghavāhana (cloud-rider)
• megha-vāhanaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मेघः वाहनं यस्य)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukāsana (Seat of the Sandal)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narration shifts to ancient time: the ‘Pādukāsana’ is shown as a sanctified seat/altar bearing a sandal emblem; in the background, the demon Meghavāhana arises in Kṛta Yuga, foreshadowing conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Kṛta Yuga
• Meghavāhana
• Ādinārāyaṇa
• Pādukāsana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry layered memory—linking a shrine’s sanctity with cosmic history and moral conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ādinārāyaṇa area at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with mention of the Pādukāsana-associated sacred context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse initiates a tīrtha-linked legend (kathā) to frame later merit and practice.