Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

न निष्क्रामति दैत्यश्च बाष्कलिस्त्वं तथा कुरु

Transliteration

na niṣkrāmati daityaśca bāṣkalistvaṃ tathā kuru

Translation

„Und der Dämon Bāṣkali tritt nicht hervor; darum handle so, dass er zurückgehalten wird.“

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (indeclinable; negation)

• निष्क्रामति: goes out / departs
• निष्क्रामति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस् + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd singular)

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (indeclinable; conjunction)

• बाष्कलिः: Bāṣkali
• बाष्कलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाष्कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (Masculine, Nominative singular; proper name)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (2nd person pronoun; Nominative singular)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable; thus/in that way)

• कुरु: do (it)
• कुरु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd singular)

Speaker

Devas (contextual continuation of their petition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Bāṣkali-nirodha episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rajendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense moment: the speakers note that the demon Bāṣkali is not emerging/moving; they urge the Goddess to act so he remains restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Bāṣkali
• daitya
• Devi (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obstructions to dharma are personified as demonic forces; divine protection is sought to restrain and neutralize them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Arbuda, where the Goddess’s power is invoked against the demon Bāṣkali.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a direct plea for protective action against a demonic obstruction.