Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

न ग्रहो बाधते तस्य नोरगो न च राक्षसः । पिशाचा न च कूष्मांडा न च प्रेता न जंभकाः

Transliteration

na graho bādhate tasya norago na ca rākṣasaḥ | piśācā na ca kūṣmāṃḍā na ca pretā na jaṃbhakāḥ

Translation

Kein böswilliger Graha bedrängt ihn; weder Schlange noch Rākṣasa schaden ihm—weder Piśācas noch Kūṣmāṇḍas, weder Pretas noch Jaṃbhakas.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• grahaḥ: planetary spirit; graha
• grahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bādhate: afflicts; troubles
• bādhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bādh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• tasya: of him; of that person
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक (contextual)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• uragaḥ: serpent
• uragaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• rākṣasaḥ: demon; rākṣasa
• rākṣasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• piśācāḥ: piśācas (ghouls)
• piśācāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• kūṣmāṇḍāḥ: kūṣmāṇḍas (a class of spirits)
• kūṣmāṇḍāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūṣmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• pretāḥ: pretas (ghosts)
• pretāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• jaṃbhakāḥ: jaṃbhakas (a class of beings)
• jaṃbhakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (tilaka-linked protection)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tilaka-bearing devotee walks unharmed while shadowy figures—grahas, pretas, piśācas, rākṣasas—recede; a protective radiance shaped like conch and discus surrounds him.

Characters & Entities

• Graha (afflicting spirit)
• Uraga (serpent)
• Rākṣasa
• Piśāca
• Kūṣmāṇḍa
• Preta
• Jaṃbhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional alignment with Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa functions as rakṣā (protection), removing fear of seen and unseen afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s māhātmya context frames these protections as fruits of Vaiṣṇava devotion practiced there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of Vaiṣṇava observances (such as puṇḍra/Gopīcandana and worship), which confer protective merit.