Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

दुर्गोवाच । यदि तुष्टो दिवानाथ दुःखसंघं विनाशय

Transliteration

durgovāca | yadi tuṣṭo divānātha duḥkhasaṃghaṃ vināśaya

Translation

ದುರ್ಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ದಿವಾನಾಥ ಸೂರ್ಯದೇವ, ನೀವು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನರಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ನನ್ನ ದುಃಖಸಮೂಹವನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡಿರಿ।

Word by Word

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

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'pleased' (addressed to divānātha)

• divā-nātha: O lord of the day (Sun)
• divā-nātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divā (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('of day' + 'lord'), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative)

• duḥkha-saṃgham: the mass of sorrows
• duḥkha-saṃgham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('of sorrows' + 'collection'), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vināśaya: destroy
• vināśaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√naś (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Durgā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not stated here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī Durgā, in supplication, addresses Sūrya (Divānātha) with folded hands, requesting the destruction of accumulated sufferings; the setting suggests a luminous tīrtha landscape of Prabhāsa with sanctified atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Sūrya (Divānātha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is not worldly gain but the cessation of duḥkha—suffering—through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request underlies the Durgāditya site’s reputation for removing afflictions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct prayer/boon-request (vara-yācanā) to the Sun is shown as the devotional act.