Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि स्तोत्रं तद्विघ्रमर्दनम् । कपर्दिनो महादेवि सावधानावधारय

Transliteration

tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi stotraṃ tadvighramardanam | kapardino mahādevi sāvadhānāvadhāraya

Translation

Now I shall declare to you that hymn—the one that crushes obstacles—the hymn of Kapardin. O Great Goddess, listen with full attention and hold it firmly in memory.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (hymn/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular ‘to/for you’); अत्र दत्तिवाचकः

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare/tell
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष? (न), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्तोत्रम्: the hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• विघ्रमर्दनम्: obstacle-crushing
• विघ्रमर्दनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विघ्न + मर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (crusher of obstacles)

• कपर्दिनः: of Kapardin
• कपर्दिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• सावधान: attentive
• सावधान: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सावधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (attentive)

• अवधारय: listen/retain (in mind)
• अवधारय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Deductive (narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya addressing Mahādevī/Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (stotra as kṣetra-upakāra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (or the narrator) in a teaching posture addresses Mahādevī; a palm-leaf manuscript or radiant syllables hover between them; the atmosphere is solemn, indicating the start of a potent hymn of Kapardin that ‘crushes obstacles’.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Kapardin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is to be received with attentiveness; stotras are treated as potent dharmic instruments for overcoming obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, framing the hymn as relevant for the Prabhāsa pilgrimage context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to learn/retain the stotra attentively, implying later recitation for vighna-removal.