Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

येन वै शिशुनोर्व्यां हि घातिता दुष्टचारिणी । राक्षसी ताडका नाम्नी कौशिकस्य प्रसादतः

Transliteration

yena vai śiśunorvyāṃ hi ghātitā duṣṭacāriṇī | rākṣasī tāḍakā nāmnī kauśikasya prasādataḥ

Translation

Por obra suya, en verdad, fue abatida la rākṣasī de conducta perversa llamada Tāḍakā, por la gracia y el mandato de Kauśika (Viśvāmitra).

Word by Word

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-रूपम् (सन्दर्भे कर्तरि)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• शिशुनोः: of the two boys/children
• शिशुनोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), द्विवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• व्याम्: (emphatic particle)
• व्याम्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic/associative particle; पाठान्तर-सम्भव)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• घातिता: was slain
• घातिता: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + घातित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुष्टचारिणी: evil-doing
• दुष्टचारिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट + चारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• राक्षसी: the demoness
• राक्षसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताडका: Tāḍakā
• ताडका: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताडका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• नाम्नी: by name / named
• नाम्नी: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental) एकवचन; ‘नाम्ना/नाम्नी’ = “by name/ named”

• कौशिकस्य: of Kauśika (Viśvāmitra)
• कौशिकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• प्रसादतः: through the favor (of)
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; अव्ययीभावार्थे “प्रसादतः” = “by/through the favor”

Speaker

Narrator within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya (contextual; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Characters & Entities

• Tāḍakā
• Kauśika (Viśvāmitra)
• Rāma (implied)
• Lakṣmaṇa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous power is sanctified when exercised under dharma and the guidance of a realized teacher; evil is restrained for the protection of sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Dharmāraṇya sacred region is being praised; this verse supports its māhātmya by recalling dharmic deeds connected with sanctifying holy spaces.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on dharmic protection aligned with a sage’s injunction.