Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

वासुदेवोऽपि कार्याणि सर्वाण्यूर्ध्वमकारयत् । इति वो वर्णितोत्पत्तिर्बर्बरीकस्य वाडवाः । स्तवं चास्य प्रवक्ष्यामि येन तुष्यति यक्षराट्

Transliteration

vāsudevo'pi kāryāṇi sarvāṇyūrdhvamakārayat | iti vo varṇitotpattirbarbarīkasya vāḍavāḥ | stavaṃ cāsya pravakṣyāmi yena tuṣyati yakṣarāṭ

Translation

Vāsudeva también hizo disponer después todo lo necesario. Así, oh descendientes de Vaḍavā, os he descrito el origen de Barbarīka. Ahora proclamaré su himno de alabanza, por el cual se complace el rey de los Yakṣas.

Word by Word

• vāsudevaḥ: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थ-अव्यय — particle ‘also’

• kāryāṇi: tasks, works
• kāryāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — neuter accusative plural

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — neuter accusative plural (qualifying kāryāṇi)

• ūrdhvam: afterwards
• ūrdhvam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशार्थ/कालार्थ — adverb ‘afterwards/upwards’

• akārayat: caused (them) to be done
• akārayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग — imperfect causative ‘caused to be done’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थ-अव्यय — quotative

• vaḥ: to you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन — genitive/dative plural ‘of you/to you’ (context: ‘to you’)

• varṇitā: described
• varṇitā: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varṇita (कृदन्त; √varṇ वर्ण्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — feminine nominative singular (qualifying utpattiḥ)

• utpattiḥ: origin, birth-story
• utpattiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — feminine nominative singular

• barbarīkasya: of Barbarīka
• barbarīkasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barbarīka (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — masculine genitive singular

• vāḍavāḥ: O Vāḍavas (descendants of Vaḍava)
• vāḍavāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), बहुवचन — masculine vocative plural

• stavam: hymn, praise
• stavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of him/this’

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall proclaim
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac वच् (धातु; प्र+√vac)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — simple future, 1st person singular

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular; relative ‘by which’

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — present, 3rd person singular

• yakṣarāṭ: the king of Yakṣas
• yakṣarāṭ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa+rāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (called ‘Vāḍavāḥ’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Vāḍavāḥ’ (descendants of Vaḍavā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsudeva oversees preparations; the narrator announces the completion of Barbarīka’s origin story and begins the formal hymn that delights the Yakṣa-king.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Barbarīka
• Yakṣarāṭ (Yakṣa-king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) is presented as a direct means to please divine guardians and access their grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the stotra connected to Guptakṣetra’s protective deity (Barbarīka/Yakṣa-king).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of a stotra is introduced as efficacious for pleasing the Yakṣa-king.