Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

राक्षसेभ्यः पिशाचेभ्यो भयं तस्य न जायते । प्राप्नुयात्परमां सिद्धिं मानवो नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

rākṣasebhyaḥ piśācebhyo bhayaṃ tasya na jāyate | prāpnuyātparamāṃ siddhiṃ mānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

તે ભક્તને રાક્ષસો અને પિશાચોનો ભય થતો નથી. મનુષ્ય પરમ સિદ્ધિ પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે—એમાં શંકા નથી.

Word by Word

• राक्षसेभ्यः: from demons (rākṣasas)
• राक्षसेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन

• पिशाचेभ्यः: from piśācas (goblins)
• पिशाचेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयात्: may attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (to सिद्धिम्)

• सिद्धिम्: accomplishment, success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuity within the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṇṭakaśoṣiṇī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ / future devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships at the shrine on aṣṭamī/navamī; shadowy rākṣasa/piśāca forms dissolve at the perimeter; above, a radiant protective aura forms a mandala, signifying ‘paramā siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasas
• Piśācas
• Mānava (devotee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a consecrated tīrtha grants inner fearlessness and culminates in elevated spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of the Kaṇṭakaśoṣiṇī sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the fruit (phala) of devotion; it implies worship at the site but gives no additional procedural details.