Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अजःपुत्रो रघोश्चापि तस्माद्यश्चातिवीर्यवान् । स भैरवीं समाराध्य कृत्वा व्याधीनजागणान्

Transliteration

ajaḥputro raghoścāpi tasmādyaścātivīryavān | sa bhairavīṃ samārādhya kṛtvā vyādhīnajāgaṇān

Translation

Aja war ebenfalls der Sohn Raghus; und aus ihm ging einer von außerordentlicher Kraft hervor. Er verehrte die Göttin Bhairavī, und durch diese Macht machte er die Krankheiten zu einer Vielzahl von Ziegen.

Word by Word

• अजःपुत्रः: son of Aja
• अजःपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; अज + पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रघोः: of Raghu
• रघोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक) conjunction

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार) particle

• तस्मात्: from him
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक) conjunction

• अतिवीर्यवान्: very powerful
• अतिवीर्यवान्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक; अति + वीर्यवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भैरवीम्: Bhairavī (goddess)
• भैरवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समाराध्य: having propitiated
• समाराध्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु) + समाराध्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• व्याधीन्: diseases
• व्याधीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अजागणान्: groups of goats
• अजागणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजा-गण (प्रातिपदिक; अजा + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); Bhairavī-sthāna (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A heroic king performs intense worship of Bhairavī; dark, radiant goddess presence; diseases personified dissolve and reappear as a herd of goats, symbolizing transmutation of suffering into harmless forms.

Characters & Entities

• Aja
• Raghu
• Bhairavī
• vyādhi (diseases)
• ajā-gaṇa (herd of goats)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Propitiation of the Goddess (Bhairavī) is portrayed as power to transform suffering itself, converting affliction into a manageable, even nourishing form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking Devī-upāsanā and its fruits to the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhairavī samārādhanā (devotional propitiation of Bhairavī) is referenced as the efficacious act behind the transformation.