Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

देव्या चैवाभ्यनुज्ञाताः प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः । कृच्छ्रात्पार्थिवशार्दूल तद्भक्त्या निश्चलीकृताः

Transliteration

devyā caivābhyanujñātāḥ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ | kṛcchrātpārthivaśārdūla tadbhaktyā niścalīkṛtāḥ

Translation

Granted leave by the Goddess, they bowed down again and again. O tiger among kings, after their hardship they were made steady and unwavering by that devotion.

Word by Word

• देव्या: by the Goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘by the Goddess’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘and’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) — ‘indeed/just’

• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: having been permitted
• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि- + अनु- + √ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘having been permitted/approved’

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र- + नि- + √पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having bowed down’

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘again and again’

• मुहुः: again
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति) — ‘again and again’

• कृच्छ्रात्: with difficulty
• कृच्छ्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — ‘from hardship/with difficulty’ (ablatival sense)

• पार्थिवशार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• पार्थिवशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — कर्मधारयः ‘king-tiger’ (O best of kings)

• तद्भक्त्या: by devotion to her
• तद्भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘devotion to her/that’

• निश्चलीकृताः: made steadfast
• निश्चलीकृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि- + चल (प्रातिपदिक) + √कृ (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘made motionless/steadied’

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-Devī-āśraya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as 'pārthiva-śārdūla'

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees kneel and bow again and again before the Goddess; the Goddess gestures permission; their posture shifts from exhausted to steady, faces calm after hardship.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through humble reverence steadies the mind and transforms suffering into spiritual firmness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Nāgodbhava Tīrtha Māhātmya cycle within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated prostration (praṇipāta) and devotional adherence to Devī are indicated.