Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

हतशेषाः समुद्रांते प्रविष्टा भयविह्वलाः । ततस्ते मंत्रयामासुः पीड्यंते देवताः कथम्

Transliteration

hataśeṣāḥ samudrāṃte praviṣṭā bhayavihvalāḥ | tataste maṃtrayāmāsuḥ pīḍyaṃte devatāḥ katham

Translation

屠戮之后的幸存者惊惶失措，逃入海滨。随后他们商议道：“如何才能再度侵扰诸天？”

Word by Word

• हतशेषाः: the survivors (remaining after slaughter)
• हतशेषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थ (hata-śeṣāḥ = those remaining after being slain)

• समुद्रान्ते: at the sea’s edge
• समुद्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (samudrasya ante = at the sea-shore)

• प्रविष्टाः: entered
• प्रविष्टाः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active/PPP in passive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; गतिवाचक (entered)

• भयविह्वलाः: terrified/agitated with fear
• भयविह्वलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (bhayena vihvalāḥ = agitated by fear)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

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

• मन्त्रयामासुः: consulted/deliberated
• मन्त्रयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• पीड्यन्ते: are being afflicted
• पीड्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: are being afflicted)

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karma (Patient in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa sāgara-tīra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Terrified surviving daityas flee to the ocean’s edge, half-submerged among waves and rocks, then gather in a dark huddle to plot renewed harassment of the gods.

Characters & Entities

• Kālakeyas (survivors implied)
• Samudra (ocean)
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked hostility seeks new strategies even after defeat, highlighting the need for vigilance and steadfastness in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa coastal setting is implied through the ocean context, framing the māhātmya’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it advances the narrative of the demons’ renewed plotting.