Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त्वया संरक्षिता देवि पुरा बाष्कलितो वयम्

Transliteration

tvayā saṃrakṣitā devi purā bāṣkalito vayam

Translation

Par toi, ô Déesse, nous fûmes jadis protégés, lorsque nous avions été renversés et humiliés.

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• saṃrakṣitāḥ: protected
• saṃrakṣitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√rakṣ (धातु) + saṃrakṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• bāṣkalitaḥ: distressed/afflicted (as read)
• bāṣkalitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣkalita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); (पाठानुसार विशेषण-रूप)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas recall earlier times when the Goddess saved them after they had fallen into humiliation; their faces show gratitude and renewed trust.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering earlier divine help strengthens faith; gratitude becomes a bridge to renewed protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Arbuda, as the place where remembrance and renewed refuge in Devī is enacted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the devotional act is smaraṇa—recollection of Devī’s past protection.