Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

नियुक्तस्त्वजपालेन ज्वरो दिवि जगाम ह । गत्वा च कंपयामास रावणं राक्षसेश्वरम्

Transliteration

niyuktastvajapālena jvaro divi jagāma ha | gatvā ca kaṃpayāmāsa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram

Translation

ຊະວະຣະ ຜູ້ຖືກອາຊາປາລະ ແຕ່ງຕັ້ງ ໄດ້ເດີນທາງຜ່ານຟ້າ; ເມື່ອໄປຮອດແລ້ວ ກໍເຮັດໃຫ້ຣາວະນະ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງຣາກສະສະ ສັ່ນສະເທືອນ।

Word by Word

• नियुक्तः: appointed
• नियुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + युज् (धातु) → नियुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘appointed/commissioned’

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• अजपालेन: by the goatherd
• अजपालेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—अजा + पाल (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• ज्वरः: the fever (being)
• ज्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दिवि: in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in heaven/sky’

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha/Discourse (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), इतिवृत्त/अनुस्मारक ‘indeed/it is said’

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कंपयामास: made (him) tremble
• कंपयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प् (धातु) → कम्पयामास (णिजन्त)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) ‘to cause to tremble’

• रावणम्: Rāvaṇa
• रावणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• राक्षसेश्वरम्: lord of the rākṣasas
• राक्षसेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—राक्षसानाम् ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jvara, a fierce personified fever-spirit, streaks across the sky under Ajāpāla’s command and reaches Laṅkā; Rāvaṇa, crowned and formidable, visibly trembles as the air darkens with heat-haze.

Characters & Entities

• Ajāpāla
• Jvara
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty are subject to higher moral and cosmic law; adharma is checked by divine forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra frames the narrative, implying sacred power that supports dharmic outcomes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it narrates the result of the previously initiated kṛtya involving Jvara.