Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

यदि कश्चित्तवाबाधां करोति त्रिदशेश्वर । तमहं वारयिष्यामि निवृत्तो भव वासव

Transliteration

yadi kaścittavābādhāṃ karoti tridaśeśvara | tamahaṃ vārayiṣyāmi nivṛtto bhava vāsava

Translation

ഹേ ത്രിദശേശ്വരാ! ആരെങ്കിലും നിനക്കു തടസ്സം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചാൽ ഞാൻ അവനെ തടയും; അതിനാൽ ഹേ വാസവാ, നീ പിന്മാറുക.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘your’

• आबाधाम्: harm/obstruction
• आबाधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आबाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिदशेश्वर: O lord of the gods
• त्रिदशेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रिदशानाम् ईश्वरः)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘him’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वारयिष्यामि: I will restrain
• वारयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative ‘I will restrain/stop’

• निवृत्तः: withdrawn/ceased
• निवृत्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्त (कृदन्त; √वृत् धातु with नि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त; विधेय-विशेषण (to the addressed)

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (speaker addresses Indra directly and promises protection)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Vāsava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding figure addresses Indra directly, promising to restrain any who obstruct him, and urging Indra to desist; tension resolves into disciplined authority.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Tridaśeśvara
• Vāsava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order is safeguarded by higher assurance; fear and interference should give way to trust in dharma’s protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the Revā-kṣetra narrative frame remains in the background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.