Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
पीयमानेऽमृते देव देवैः पूर्वं पराजितैः । दैवतं रूपमास्थाय दानवोऽसौ समागतः
Transliteration
pīyamāne'mṛte deva devaiḥ pūrvaṃ parājitaiḥ | daivataṃ rūpamāsthāya dānavo'sau samāgataḥ
Translation
当甘露正被饮用之时，噢神明——在诸天先前败北之后——那位阿修罗来到此处，化作天神之形。
Word by Word
पीयमानेwhile (it was) being drunk
पीयमाने:
Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/locative setting)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) → पीयमान (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय, कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'while being drunk'
अमृतेin/with the nectar
अमृते:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/occasion)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Karta/Agent (by the gods)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/before)
पराजितैःdefeated
पराजितैः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपराजि (धातु) → पराजित (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (देवैः)
दैवतम्divine, of a god
दैवतम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपम्)
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karma (Object of āsthāya)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन
आस्थायhaving assumed
आस्थाय:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थाय (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive/gerund); 'having assumed/taken'
दानवःthe demon
दानवः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन
असौthat one, he
असौ:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
समागतःarrived, came
समागतः:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'arrived/come'
Speaker
Candra (continuing)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Arbudācala (narrative seat)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A flashback: devas, previously defeated, now drink amṛta; a dānava (Rāhu) enters wearing divine guise, blending into the line, reaching for the nectar.
Characters & Entities
A
AmṛtaD
DevasD
Dānava (Rāhu implied)Ś
Śiva (listener implied)FAQs
Adharma can imitate dharma externally; discernment and divine oversight are required to protect cosmic and moral order.
Not directly; it supplies the mythic prelude that supports the Candrodbheda tīrtha’s sanctifying narrative.
None; this is mythic narration about the amṛta episode.