Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजंल्लोकपालाश्च रक्षकाः । दुर्गा च रक्षणे सृष्टा चतुर्हस्तधरा शुभा

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇādrājaṃllokapālāśca rakṣakāḥ | durgā ca rakṣaṇe sṛṣṭā caturhastadharā śubhā

Translation

Pour cette raison même, ô Roi, les Lokapālas furent établis comme gardiens ; et Durgā aussi fut manifestée pour la protection, de bon augure, portant quatre mains.

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• कारणात्: from the reason/cause
• कारणात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• लोकपालाः: guardians of the worlds
• लोकपालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘लोकस्य पालाः’)

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

• रक्षकाः: protectors
• रक्षकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

• दुर्गा: Durgā
• दुर्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• रक्षणे: for protection
• रक्षणे: Adhikarana (Purpose-sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/विषयार्थे (‘for protection’ इत्यर्थे)

• सृष्टा: was created
• सृष्टा: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चतुःहस्तधरा: four-armed
• चतुःहस्तधरा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + हस्त + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (‘चत्वारः हस्ताः यस्याः सा’); विशेषणम् (दुर्गा)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दुर्गा)

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sparśa-liṅga kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four-armed auspicious Durgā appears as kṣetra-rakṣikā, flanked by the Lokapālas at the cardinal directions, forming a protective mandala around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Lokapālas
• Durgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and divine institutions are protected by cosmic guardians; dharma is upheld through ordained protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape (contextually connected to the Sparśa-liṅga) whose sanctity warrants divine guardianship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains a protective arrangement (rakṣaṇa) through deities.