Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

संस्तुता पूजिता भक्त्या भक्तानां भयनाशिनी । स्थानात्तु सप्तमे क्रोशे क्षेमलाभा व्यव स्थिता

Transliteration

saṃstutā pūjitā bhaktyā bhaktānāṃ bhayanāśinī | sthānāttu saptame krośe kṣemalābhā vyava sthitā

Translation

Gepriesen und in Hingabe verehrt, vernichtet sie die Ängste der Verehrer. Und von jenem heiligen Ort, in einer Entfernung von sieben Krośas, ist Kṣemalābhā gegründet.

Word by Word

• संस्तुता: praised
• संस्तुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्तुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्तु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Past participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पूज्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Past participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• भयनाशिनी: destroyer of fear
• भयनाशिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); समासः—भयं नाशयति या (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• स्थानात्: from the place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• क्रोशे: at (a distance of) a krośa
• क्रोशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• क्षेमलाभा: Kṣemalābhā (name/one who grants welfare-gain)
• क्षेमलाभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम + लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); समासः—क्षेमस्य लाभः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), देवीनाम

• व्यवस्थिताः: situated, established
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Past participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemalābhā-sthāna (seven krośas from the prior station)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees sing hymns and offer flowers before a protective Devī; a path-marker indicates ‘seven krośas’ leading onward to Kṣemalābhā’s station.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Kṣemalābhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise and worship are presented as direct remedies for fear, while pilgrimage is mapped through measurable sacred distances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya and its extended sacred zone, marked by a seven-krośa distance to Kṣemalābhā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-based worship and praise (stuti and pūjā) are implied as the means for fear-removal.