Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

भूतप्रेतपिशाचाद्या नोपकुर्युः प्रपीडनम् । आपदो विद्रवंत्याशु योगिन्यो नंदयंति तम्

Transliteration

bhūtapretapiśācādyā nopakuryuḥ prapīḍanam | āpado vidravaṃtyāśu yoginyo naṃdayaṃti tam

Translation

Bhūtas, Pretas, Piśācas und dergleichen vermögen ihn nicht zu bedrängen oder zu quälen. Unheil flieht rasch, und die Yoginīs sind ihm gewogen.

Word by Word

• bhūtapretapiśācādyāḥ: ghosts, spirits, piśācas, etc.
• bhūtapretapiśācādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + preta + piśāca + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (भूत-प्रेत-पिशाच) + 'आद्य' (etc.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय: निषेध (negation)

• upakuryuḥ: would do
• upakuryuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: उपकुर्युः (would do/should do)

• prapīḍanam: harassment/oppression
• prapīḍanam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra + pīḍana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āpadaḥ: calamities
• āpadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āpada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• vidravanti: flee away
• vidravanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + drav (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय: शीघ्रार्थक (quickly)

• yoginyaḥ: the yoginīs
• yoginyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• nandanti: gladden
• nandanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nand (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Navatīrtha-kṣetra (Devī/Yoginī protection)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee walks fearlessly as shadowy bhūtas and piśācas recoil; luminous Yoginīs hover, smiling in approval; calamities personified as dark clouds dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūta
• Preta
• Piśāca
• Yoginī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional merit (puṇya) and sacred observance grant protection from unseen harms and invite divine feminine blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s local māhātmya context (a sacred precinct associated with Guha/Skanda traditions), though the specific place-name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is named here; the verse states the resulting protection and Yoginī-pleasure from the prior practice described in the surrounding passage.