Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

लेपमानय भद्रं ते शिरोऽर्थं स्कन्द सत्वरम् । येनायं पुत्रको मे स्याद्भ्राता ते परदुर्जयः

Transliteration

lepamānaya bhadraṃ te śiro'rthaṃ skanda satvaram | yenāyaṃ putrako me syādbhrātā te paradurjayaḥ

Translation

„Bring die Salbe herbei, Gesegneter—eile, o Skanda—damit ein Haupt gewonnen werde; so wird dieser Knabe mein Sohn und dein Bruder sein, von Feinden unbezwingbar.“

Word by Word

• लेपम्: paste/unguent
• लेपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आ-उपसर्ग (bring)

• भद्रम्: good fortune/well-being
• भद्रम्: Sambandha (Benediction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (benedictive usage)

• ते: for you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मध्यम-पुरुष सर्वनाम

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अर्थम्: for (the purpose of)
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose)

• स्कन्द: O Skanda
• स्कन्द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• येन: by which/so that
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुत्रकः: son/child
• पुत्रकः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my/to me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम

• स्यात्: may be/become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• परदुर्जयः: invincible to others
• परदुर्जयः: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर + दुर्जय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परैः दुर्जयः = hard to be conquered by others)

Speaker

Pārvatī (Gaurī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī addresses Skanda urgently, asking him to bring more unguent to fashion a head, declaring the intended being as her son and Skanda’s invincible brother.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Gaurī)
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will (śakti) shapes destiny; even creation and protection arise from the Goddess’s purposeful intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Arbuda (Mount Abu) narrative stream of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, rather than a direct tīrtha-phala verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it narrates preparation for forming a divine body and head.