Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यदा दुःखमनुप्राप्ता दुर्गा दुःखविनाशिनी । सूर्यमाराधयामास तदा दुःखविनुत्तये

Transliteration

yadā duḥkhamanuprāptā durgā duḥkhavināśinī | sūryamārādhayāmāsa tadā duḥkhavinuttaye

Translation

Lorsque la détresse l’atteignit, Durgā—celle qui détruit la souffrance—adora alors le Soleil (Sūrya) afin que cette peine fût dissipée.

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• duḥkham: sorrow; suffering
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• anuprāptā: having come upon; having reached
• anuprāptā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√prāp (धातु) → anuprāpta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'having obtained/come upon' (agreeing with durgā)

• durgā: Durgā
• durgā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• duḥkha-vināśinī: destroyer of sorrow
• duḥkha-vināśinī: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'of sorrow' + 'destroyer'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem., nom. sg.)

• sūryam: the Sun (god)
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc., accusative singular)

• ārādhayāmāsa: worshipped
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended here; 'worshipped'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• duḥkha-vinuttaye: for the removal of sorrow
• duḥkha-vinuttaye: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन-सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + vinutti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('of sorrow' + 'removal/cessation'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन (fem., dative singular)

Speaker

Narration within Īśvara’s discourse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durgā, momentarily burdened by distress, stands in austere posture facing the rising Sun, offering arghya; her lion waits quietly; the sky glows as her suffering begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Sūrya
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings model dharma: turning to disciplined worship (ārādhanā) as a remedy for duḥkha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative supports the Durgāditya site in Prabhāsa-kṣetra by explaining its sacred backstory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sūrya-ārādhanā (Sun worship) is indicated as the practice associated with removing distress.