Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

आचख्युः संकटं तस्यास्ते देवा रुरुचेष्टितम् । श्रुत्वा जहास सा देवी देवानां कार्य सिद्धये

Transliteration

ācakhyuḥ saṃkaṭaṃ tasyāste devā ruruceṣṭitam | śrutvā jahāsa sā devī devānāṃ kārya siddhaye

Translation

وأخبرها الآلهةُ بخطرِهم—الناشئ من أفعالِ رورو. فلمّا سمعتْ ذلك ضحكتِ الإلهةُ، عازمةً على إنجازِ مقصودِ الآلهة.

Word by Word

• आचख्युः: they told
• आचख्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √cakṣ (चक्ष्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — 'they told/declared'

• संकटम्: distress, predicament
• संकटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — 'difficulty/distress'

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — 'of her'

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — 'they'

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• रुरुच-ईष्टितम्: desired by Ruru
• रुरुच-ईष्टितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruruca (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-रूप) + īṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः — 'रुरुचस्य ईष्टितम्' (desired/aimed by Ruru)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/ल्यप्), अव्ययभाव — 'having heard'

• जहास: laughed
• जहास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √has (हस्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'laughed'

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — 'she'

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — 'of the gods'

• कार्य: task
• कार्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समास/प्रयोगे 'कार्यसिद्धये' इति सम्बन्धः) — 'of the task'

• सिद्धये: for accomplishment
• सिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — 'for accomplishment'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas report the peril caused by Ruru; the Goddess responds with a confident laugh, signaling imminent victory and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Ruru
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

For the divine, even grave संकट is manageable—faith in śakti turns fear into assured dharmic victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the holy landscape where divine intervention is portrayed as immediate and effective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is on reporting the संकट and the devī’s resolve.