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

随后她仅以一瞥，那些魔众便化为灰烬。于是，舒姆婆震怒，亲自前来。

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.