Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टासि मे देवि वरार्हो यदि वाप्यहम् । सर्वे रोगाः शरीरान्मे नाशं यांतु बहिः कृताः

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭāsi me devi varārho yadi vāpyaham | sarve rogāḥ śarīrānme nāśaṃ yāṃtu bahiḥ kṛtāḥ

Translation

O Göttin, wenn du mit mir zufrieden bist und wenn ich würdig bin, eine Gabe zu empfangen, dann mögen alle Krankheiten meinen Leib verlassen—hinausgeworfen—und dem Untergang entgegengehen.

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवि-सम्बन्धि)

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: to me / for me
• me: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (genitive/dative enclitic usage)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• vara-arhaḥ: worthy of a boon
• vara-arhaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक) + arha (अर्ह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; वरस्य अर्हः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहम्-सम्बन्धि)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (emphatic/additive particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रोगाः)

• rogāḥ: diseases
• rogāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (रोग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• śarīrāt: from (my) body
• śarīrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (शरीर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati/Karman (Goal as object/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (नाश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yāntu: may they go
• yāntu: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kṛtāḥ: made (to be)
• kṛtāḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रोगाः)

Speaker

The King (rājā / rājarṣi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhairavī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, still bowed, articulates his boon: diseases leaving his body like dark shadows expelled; the Devī’s aura purifies the space, suggesting imminent healing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Bhairavī)
• Roga (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering is brought before the Divine with faith; grace is sought not as entitlement but as a boon grounded in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the king petitions the Goddess after prolonged worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct boon-request (vara-prārthanā) following worship; the specific ritual items are not stated.