Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

राजन्नेतानजारूपान्व्याधीन्पालय कृत्स्नशः । किंकुर्वाणा भविष्यंति तवैवादेशकारिणः

Transliteration

rājannetānajārūpānvyādhīnpālaya kṛtsnaśaḥ | kiṃkurvāṇā bhaviṣyaṃti tavaivādeśakāriṇaḥ

Translation

«Ô roi, protège et nourris ces maladies qui ont pris forme de chèvres—toutes sans exception. Elles deviendront tes serviteurs, n’agissant que selon ton ordre.»

Word by Word

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• etān: these
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ajā-rūpān: having the form of goats
• ajā-rūpān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ajā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अजायाः रूपम् → अजारूप), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha, Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• vyādhīn: diseases/afflictions
• vyādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• pālaya: protect/guard
• pālaya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pālay (पालय्) < pā (पा) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• kṛtsnaśaḥ: entirely, completely
• kṛtsnaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक) + śas (शस्) (अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb

• kim: what?
• kim: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रश्न (प्रश्नार्थक) — Interrogative indeclinable

• kurvāṇāḥ: doing
• kurvāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• bhaviṣyanti: will be/will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण — Indeclinable particle of emphasis

• ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ: those who carry out (your) command
• ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आदेशस्य कारी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Mahādevī / Devī (Bhairavī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī instructs the king with an authoritative gesture; the king accepts the charge. Goat-forms gather calmly, as if awaiting orders, symbolizing disciplined containment of disease.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Bhairavī)
• King
• Vyādhi (diseases)
• Ajā (goats)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace does not only remove suffering; it can transmute it into disciplined service under dharma and divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the origin-story for a local sacred identity is being established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dhārmic injunction is given: to ‘pālaya’ (protect/maintain) the goat-formed beings as part of the Goddess’s command.