Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अद्भुतश्च तथा शांती रम्यो देववरो वृषा । ऋतधामा दिवःस्वामी शुचिः शक्राश्चतुर्दश

Transliteration

adbhutaśca tathā śāṃtī ramyo devavaro vṛṣā | ṛtadhāmā divaḥsvāmī śuciḥ śakrāścaturdaśa

Translation

——阿德布塔（Adbhuta）；同样还有商提（Śāṃti）、拉弥亚（Ramya）、天胜（Devavara）与弗利沙（Vṛṣa）；以及律达摩（Ṛtadhāmā）、天主（Divaḥsvāmī）与净者（Śuci）：此即十四位释迦罗（因陀罗）。

Word by Word

• adbhutaḥ: Adbhuta (name; ‘wonderful’)
• adbhutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samucchaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śāṃtī: Śānti (name; ‘peace’)
• śāṃtī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ramyaḥ: Ramya (name; ‘pleasant’)
• ramyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• devavaraḥ: Devavara (name; ‘best among gods’)
• devavaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + vara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vṛṣā: Vṛṣa (name)
• vṛṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ṛtadhāmā: Ṛtadhāmā (name; ‘whose abode is truth/order’)
• ṛtadhāmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛta + dhāman (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• divaḥsvāmī: Divaḥsvāmī (name; ‘lord of heaven/day’)
• divaḥsvāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divaḥ (div, प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śuciḥ: Śuci (name; ‘pure’)
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śakrāḥ: Śakras/Indras
• śakrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• caturdaśa: fourteen
• caturdaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturdaśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fourteen crowned Indras appear as a celestial procession or as a ring around a cosmic wheel, each distinct yet equal, while the narrator counts them in Prabhāsa’s sacred ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Adbhuta
• Śāṃti
• Ramya
• Devavara
• Vṛṣa
• Ṛtadhāmā
• Divaḥsvāmī
• Śuci
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It reinforces impermanence of status and the recurring renewal of cosmic administration under dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the broader locus of praise; the verse itself is a list within a teaching on time cycles.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes the enumeration of the fourteen Indras.