Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तस्य पीडां न चैवाहमिह कुर्यां कदाचन । जन्मस्थाने स्थितो वापि मृत्युस्थाने स्थितोऽपि च

Transliteration

tasya pīḍāṃ na caivāhamiha kuryāṃ kadācana | janmasthāne sthito vāpi mṛtyusthāne sthito'pi ca

Translation

そしてこの地において、われはその者に決して苦悩を与えぬ。生誕の地に立とうとも、死の地に立とうとも同じである。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पीडाम्: affliction/pain
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• कुर्याम्: should do/make
• कुर्याम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• कदाचन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• जन्मस्थाने: in the place of birth
• जन्मस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जन्मनः स्थानम्)

• स्थितः: situated
• स्थितः: Karta (as predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• मृत्युस्थाने: in the place of death
• मृत्युस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• स्थितः: situated
• स्थितः: Karta (as predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghunandana (Daśaratha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn vow of protection is proclaimed: the deity assures the devotee that no affliction will be caused, whether at the place of birth or at the place of death—two liminal thresholds framed as sacred yet fearsome.

Characters & Entities

• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion earns divine assurance—fear is replaced by protection across life’s most vulnerable thresholds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The assurance is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing Prabhāsa’s role as a purāṇic guide to merit and protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation: those who worship and recite Śani’s stotra as taught are promised relief from Śani’s pīḍā.