Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

जन्मऋक्षे च लग्ने च दशास्वंतर्दशासु च । रक्षामि सततं तस्य पीडां चान्यग्रहस्य च

Transliteration

janmaṛkṣe ca lagne ca daśāsvaṃtardaśāsu ca | rakṣāmi satataṃ tasya pīḍāṃ cānyagrahasya ca

Translation

At the time of one’s birth-star and ascendant (lagna), and during the major periods and sub-periods (dasha and antardasha), I continually protect that devotee from affliction—whether arising from me or from any other graha (planetary power).

Word by Word

• जन्मऋक्षे: in the birth-star (natal asterism)
• जन्मऋक्षे: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जन्मनः ऋक्षम्)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• लग्ने: in the ascendant (lagna)
• लग्ने: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• दशासु: in the periods (daśās)
• दशासु: Adhikarana (Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन

• अन्तर्दशासु: in the sub-periods (antardaśās)
• अन्तर्दशासु: Adhikarana (Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर् + दशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (अन्तर्-दशा = sub-period)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• रक्षामि: I protect
• रक्षामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सततम्: always/constantly
• सततम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial accusative)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पीडाम्: affliction
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अन्यग्रहस्य: of another ग्रह (planet/seizer)
• अन्यग्रहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (अन्यः ग्रहः)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Śanaiścara (Saturn), within the Śiva-narrative context of Prabhāsa Māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghunandana (Daśaratha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śani’s promise is detailed in jyotiṣa language: birth-star, ascendant, major and sub-periods; the deity stands as a guardian over the wheel of time, shielding the devotee from all planetary afflictions.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara
• Graha (planetary deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion can transform karmic pressure into protection, even in challenging astrological periods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where the Māhātmya frames graha-related worship as spiritually efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, taking refuge in Śanaiścara through remembrance/recitation to mitigate graha-pīḍā during daśā and antardaśā.