Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

दुर्गे दुर्गार्तिहे देवि सर्व दुर्गतिनाशिनि । त्राहि मां सर्वदुर्गेषु दुर्गेऽहं शरणं गतः

Transliteration

durge durgārtihe devi sarva durgatināśini | trāhi māṃ sarvadurgeṣu durge'haṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Translation

O Durgā — o Göttin, die den Schmerz der Bedrängnis nimmt, Vernichterin allen unheilvollen Geschicks — beschütze mich in allen Gefahren. O Durgā, zu dir habe ich Zuflucht genommen.

Word by Word

• durge: O Durgā
• durge: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• durgārti-he: O remover of suffering
• durgārti-he: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durgā + ārti + han (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘दुर्गायाः आर्तिं हन्ति’ (destroyer of Durgā’s distress / remover of distress)

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

• sarva: all; every
• sarva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण (दुर्गतिनाशिनि इत्यस्य)

• durgati-nāśini: O destroyer of misfortune
• durgati-nāśini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durgati + nāśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘दुर्गतिं नाशयति’

• trāhi: protect; save
• trāhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: trā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarva-durgeṣu: in all difficulties/forts
• sarva-durgeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + durga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘सर्वाणि दुर्गाणि’

• durge: O Durgā
• durge: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

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

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे उपपद-प्रयोग (शरणं गच्छति)

• gataḥ: gone; having taken (refuge)
• gataḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘गतोऽहम्’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Devī/Yogeśvarī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee kneels with folded hands before the fierce-compassionate Durgā/Yogeśvarī, eyes uplifted in surrender, as the mantra is uttered; the Goddess radiates protective power.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in the Divine Mother is presented as the remedy for fear, adversity, and moral downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Devī worship is taught as a meritorious sādhana within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct prayer/mantra-like supplication to Durgā seeking protection in all perilous circumstances.