Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

वासुदेवोऽपि कार्याणि सर्वाण्यूर्ध्वमकारयत् । इति वो वर्णितोत्पत्तिर्बर्बरीकस्य वाडवाः । स्तवं चास्य प्रवक्ष्यामि येन तुष्यति यक्षराट्

Transliteration

vāsudevo'pi kāryāṇi sarvāṇyūrdhvamakārayat | iti vo varṇitotpattirbarbarīkasya vāḍavāḥ | stavaṃ cāsya pravakṣyāmi yena tuṣyati yakṣarāṭ

Translation

ວາສຸເທວະກໍໄດ້ໃຫ້ຈັດການກິດຈໍາເປັນທັງປວງຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ລູກຫຼານແຫ່ງ ວັດະວາ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ບັນຍາຍກໍາເນີດຂອງ ບາບາຣີກະ ໃຫ້ທ່ານຟັງແລ້ວ. ບັດນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະປະກາດບົດສັນລະເສີນຂອງລາວ ທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ພຣະຣາຊາແຫ່ງຍັກສະ ພໍໃຈ।

Word by Word

• vāsudevaḥ: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थ-अव्यय — particle ‘also’

• kāryāṇi: tasks, works
• kāryāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — neuter accusative plural

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — neuter accusative plural (qualifying kāryāṇi)

• ūrdhvam: afterwards
• ūrdhvam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशार्थ/कालार्थ — adverb ‘afterwards/upwards’

• akārayat: caused (them) to be done
• akārayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग — imperfect causative ‘caused to be done’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थ-अव्यय — quotative

• vaḥ: to you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन — genitive/dative plural ‘of you/to you’ (context: ‘to you’)

• varṇitā: described
• varṇitā: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varṇita (कृदन्त; √varṇ वर्ण्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — feminine nominative singular (qualifying utpattiḥ)

• utpattiḥ: origin, birth-story
• utpattiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — feminine nominative singular

• barbarīkasya: of Barbarīka
• barbarīkasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barbarīka (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — masculine genitive singular

• vāḍavāḥ: O Vāḍavas (descendants of Vaḍava)
• vāḍavāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), बहुवचन — masculine vocative plural

• stavam: hymn, praise
• stavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of him/this’

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall proclaim
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac वच् (धातु; प्र+√vac)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — simple future, 1st person singular

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular; relative ‘by which’

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — present, 3rd person singular

• yakṣarāṭ: the king of Yakṣas
• yakṣarāṭ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa+rāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (called ‘Vāḍavāḥ’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Vāḍavāḥ’ (descendants of Vaḍavā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsudeva oversees preparations; the narrator announces the completion of Barbarīka’s origin story and begins the formal hymn that delights the Yakṣa-king.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Barbarīka
• Yakṣarāṭ (Yakṣa-king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) is presented as a direct means to please divine guardians and access their grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the stotra connected to Guptakṣetra’s protective deity (Barbarīka/Yakṣa-king).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of a stotra is introduced as efficacious for pleasing the Yakṣa-king.