Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तोषयिष्यति यत्नेन तदेन्द्रोऽसौ भविष्यति । देवेन्द्रो वृत्रहा भूत्वा भ्रष्टराज्यो भविष्यति

Transliteration

toṣayiṣyati yatnena tadendro'sau bhaviṣyati | devendro vṛtrahā bhūtvā bhraṣṭarājyo bhaviṣyati

Translation

„Er wird sich mit aller Mühe bemühen, (den Herrn) zu besänftigen; dann wird jener Indra werden. Doch Devendra, zum Vṛtra-Töter geworden, wird seine Herrschaft verlieren.“

Word by Word

• तोषयिष्यति: will please / will satisfy
• तोषयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• यत्नेन: with effort
• यत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• तद्: that (one)
• तद्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• असौ: this/that person (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• देवेन्द्रः: lord of the gods (Devendra)
• देवेन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् इन्द्रः)

• वृत्रहा: slayer of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र + हन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (वृत्रं हन्ति इति)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having become’

• भ्रष्टराज्यः: one whose kingdom is lost
• भ्रष्टराज्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्ट + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य राज्यं भ्रष्टम्)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrative voice (prophetic/omniscient narration within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic statement: one person becomes Indra by earnest propitiation; Indra, though Vṛtra-slayer, loses kingship—depicting a turning wheel of fortune in svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devendra)
• Vṛtra
• Lord (implied object of propitiation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power is unstable; even great deeds can bring karmic consequences unless aligned with dharma and inner purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the verse prepares for Vastrāpatha’s role as a place of purification and restoration for the fallen.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation through deliberate effort is implied, but no specific rite is named in this verse.