Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

भवतां रक्षणोपायश्चिंतितोऽत्र मयाऽधुना । तेन तां मोहयिष्यामि कृत्यां हंतुमुपस्थिताम्

Transliteration

bhavatāṃ rakṣaṇopāyaściṃtito'tra mayā'dhunā | tena tāṃ mohayiṣyāmi kṛtyāṃ haṃtumupasthitām

Translation

Ich habe nun hier das Mittel zu eurem Schutz ersonnen. Mit diesem Plan werde ich jene Kṛtyā verwirren, die hervorgekommen ist, bereit zu töten.

Word by Word

• bhavatām: of you (honorific)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Genitive: ‘of you’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (आदरार्थ बहुवचन), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• rakṣaṇa-upāyaḥ: means of protection
• rakṣaṇa-upāyaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रक्षणस्य उपायः)

• cintitaḥ: has been devised
• cintitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cintita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from cint)
• Form: क्त-भूतकृदन्त used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has been thought out’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tena: by that/therefore
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tām: her/that (kṛtyā)
• tām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mohayiṣyāmi: I will delude
• mohayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative: ‘I will delude’

• kṛtyām: the kṛtyā (magical female entity)
• kṛtyām: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hantum: to kill
• hantum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); ‘to kill’

• upasthitām: having come/present
• upasthitām: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from upa+sthā)
• Form: क्त-भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘arrived/present’ (qualifying कृत्याम्)

Speaker

Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana speaks with calm authority, hand raised in assurance; the devas listen intently. In the background, a shadowy, fiery kṛtyā-form is hinted—about to be deluded and neutralized.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Devas
• Kṛtyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected not only by force but by divine intelligence; the Lord safeguards those who align with righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Purāṇa situates decisive divine interventions for the protection of cosmic order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears; the verse describes divine counteraction against a harmful Kṛtyā.