Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यथा हि वासुदेवेति प्रोक्ते नश्यति पातकम् । तथा विलयमभ्येतु दैत्योऽयं मेघवाहनः

Transliteration

yathā hi vāsudeveti prokte naśyati pātakam | tathā vilayamabhyetu daityo'yaṃ meghavāhanaḥ

Translation

ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບບາບທີ່ສູນຫາຍເມື່ອເອີ້ນນາມ «ວາສຸເທວະ», ຂໍໃຫ້ອະສູຣະເມກະວາຫະນະນີ້ ຈົ່ງເຂົ້າສູ່ຄວາມພິນາດເຊັ່ນກັນ.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय), ‘as/just as’

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• वासुदेव: Vāsudeva (name)
• वासुदेव: Karma (Object of utterance/उच्चारण-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया? एकवचन; ‘इति’पूर्वक-उद्धरणे शब्दरूपम् (नामोच्चारण)

• इति: thus/“…”
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• प्रोक्ते: when uttered
• प्रोक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/सामान्य-लोकप्रयोगे; ‘when (it is) uttered/said’ (locative absolute)

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (कर्मरूपे)

• तथा: so/in the same way
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• विलयम्: destruction/dissolution
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभ्येतु: may (he) attain/come to
• अभ्येतु: Kriya (Benedictive/Imprecative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (इ धातु) + abhi- (उपसर्ग) (आदेशरूप)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Deictic qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• मेघवाहनः: Meghavāhana (cloud-rider)
• मेघवाहनः: Visheshana (Appositive epithet/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मेघस्य वाहनः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee or sage pronounces ‘Vāsudeva’; the syllables appear as luminous script that burns away dark stains (pāpa) and strikes down the demon Meghavāhana, who dissolves like a storm cloud pierced by light.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Meghavāhana
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-smaraṇa is presented as spiritually potent—destroying sin and invoking divine justice against adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the sages invoke Vāsudeva’s name for protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Uttering/chanting the divine name ‘Vāsudeva’ (nāma-japa / nāma-ucchāraṇa).