Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

रामेणाश्वासिता तत्र प्रहसंस्त्रिपुरांतकः । भद्रे यस्मात्त्वया पन्नं जंवशक्तिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

rāmeṇāśvāsitā tatra prahasaṃstripurāṃtakaḥ | bhadre yasmāttvayā pannaṃ jaṃvaśaktirbhaviṣyati

Translation

そこでラーマに慰められたトリプラーンタカ（シヴァ）は微笑み、こう告げた。「吉祥なる御方よ、汝がこれを得たゆえに、ジャムヴァ（Jaṃva）と名づく力が汝に起こるであろう。」

Word by Word

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• आश्वासिता: comforted/reassured
• आश्वासिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + श्वस् (धातु) → आश्वासित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) (Locative adverb)

• प्रहसन्: smiling/laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + हस् (धातु) → प्रहसत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)

• यस्मात्: because/since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative singular: 'because/from which')

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular: 'by you')

• पन्नम्: attained/reached
• पन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद् (धातु) → पन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त; √पद्/पद्यते), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Past participle, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• जंवशक्तिः: Jaṃva-power/Jaṃva energy
• जंवशक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंव + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जंवस्य शक्तिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be/will arise
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands respectfully before Śiva (Tripurāntaka), offering consoling words; Śiva smiles, and a luminous force labeled ‘Jaṃva-śakti’ rises like a flame-lotus around the addressed auspicious lady.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
• Jaṃva-śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power (śakti) is portrayed as granted within a relational, dhārmic context—consolation, speech, and grace shape outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the larger sacred frame, though this verse centers on Śiva’s pronouncement rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it announces the arising of a specific śakti/siddhi.