Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

दानवाप्सरसश्चैव यक्षाः किन्नरगुह्यकाः । सानुगास्ते सभार्याश्च वेदवेदांगपारगाः

Transliteration

dānavāpsarasaścaiva yakṣāḥ kinnaraguhyakāḥ | sānugāste sabhāryāśca vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ

Translation

檀那婆与阿普萨拉，夜叉、紧那罗与古希耶迦亦来——携其随从与妻室——皆为通达吠陀与吠陀支分之士。

Word by Word

• दानवाप्सरसः: Dānavas and Apsarases
• दानवाप्सरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक) + अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); द्वन्द्वः (दानवाश्च अप्सरसश्च)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• यक्षाः: Yakṣas
• यक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• किन्नरगुह्यकाः: Kinnaras and Guhyakas
• किन्नरगुह्यकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक) + गुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); द्वन्द्वः (किन्नराश्च गुह्यकाश्च)

• सानुगाः: with their attendants
• सानुगाः: Karta-pradhana Visheshana (Subject-qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); बहुव्रीहिः (अनुगैः सह ये)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Pronoun nominative plural)

• सभार्याः: with their wives
• सभार्याः: Karta-pradhana Visheshana (Subject-qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); बहुव्रीहिः (भार्यया सह ये)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: Karta-pradhana Visheshana (Subject-qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुषः (वेदेषु वेदाङ्गेषु च पारगाः = पारं गताः/निपुणाः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand sabhā at Prabhāsa: dānavas with subdued majesty, apsarases graceful, yakṣas wealthy and protective, kinnaras musical, guhyakas secretive attendants—arriving with retinues and spouses, all portrayed as learned and ritually composed.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Apsarases
• Yakṣas
• Kinnaras
• Guhyakas
• Vedas
• Vedāṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred action is portrayed as universally compelling—drawing diverse beings and honoring Vedic knowledge as a mark of dharmic civilization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where the sacred setting is implied as worthy of such cosmic gathering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it emphasizes Vedic competence as appropriate to sacrificial contexts.