Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न भविष्यति वै पीडा तावकी तस्य कुत्रचित् । पुष्पाणि रक्तवर्णानि मध्वाज्याक्तानि भूरिशः

Transliteration

na bhaviṣyati vai pīḍā tāvakī tasya kutracit | puṣpāṇi raktavarṇāni madhvājyāktāni bhūriśaḥ

Translation

Für ihn wird es nirgends eine von dir verursachte Plage geben. (Er soll darbringen) reichlich rote Blumen, wohl bestrichen mit Honig und Ghee.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/उपपादक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पीडा: affliction / pain
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तावकी: your
• तावकी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive: ‘your’)

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अनिश्चितता-बोधक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• रक्तवर्णानि: red-colored
• रक्तवर्णानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (रक्तः वर्णः येषाम्)

• मधु: with honey
• मधु: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case, Instrumental), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भावे)

• आज्य: with ghee
• आज्य: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भावे)

• आक्तानि: smeared/anointed
• आक्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + अञ्ज् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• भूरिशः: in abundance
• भूरिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/बहुत्व-बोधक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers abundant red blossoms, each glistening with honey and ghee, before a sanctified presence associated with Bhauma-śānti; lamps and incense frame the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka/Maṅgala (as ‘you’, implied)
• Śiva (as worshipped)
• Red flowers
• Honey
• Ghee

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at the tīrtha is portrayed as a protective shield, neutralizing harmful planetary afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgāreśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where worship is said to remove Maṅgala-related pīḍā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering plentiful red flowers anointed with honey and ghee as part of the worship, framed as a graha-śānti measure.