Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

धनदो लोकपालेशो रक्षकश्चेश्वरस्य च । रक्षति च सदा कालं ग्रहव्यापाररूपतः

Transliteration

dhanado lokapāleśo rakṣakaśceśvarasya ca | rakṣati ca sadā kālaṃ grahavyāpārarūpataḥ

Translation

ധനദൻ (കുബേരൻ) ലോകപാലന്മാരിൽ അധിപതിയും പരമേശ്വരന്റെ രക്ഷകനുമാകുന്നു; ഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെ പ്രവർത്തനരൂപത്തിൽ അവൻ നിത്യം കാലത്തെ കാക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• धनदः: Kubera (giver of wealth)
• धनदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकपाल-ईशः: lord of the world-guardians
• लोकपाल-ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'lord of the Lokapālas'

• रक्षकः: protector
• रक्षकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ईश्वरस्य: of the Lord
• ईश्वरस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

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

• रक्षति: protects
• रक्षति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ग्रह-व्यापार-रूपतः: in the form of planetary operations
• ग्रह-व्यापार-रूपतः: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यापार (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb 'in the form/by way of'); समासः: (ग्रहस्य व्यापारः) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष, ततः 'व्यापाररूप' कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव; समस्तं अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera as a regal lokapāla, seated with treasure-emblems, while the grahas (planetary deities) move in ordered arcs around a wheel of time, suggesting his protective oversight of cosmic cycles.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Lokapālas
• Īśvara
• Kāla
• Grahas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order—time and fate as experienced through planetary forces—is portrayed as under divine guardianship aligned with Īśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context leading into Dhanada’s tirtha; the verse situates Kubera’s protective role that frames the upcoming pilgrimage instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it provides theological-cosmological grounding for the sanctity and protection of the sacred region.