Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

बालग्रहाश्च सर्वेऽपि रेवती वृद्धरेवती । ते सर्वे नाशमायांति बकुलार्क नमोस्तु ते

Transliteration

bālagrahāśca sarve'pi revatī vṛddharevatī | te sarve nāśamāyāṃti bakulārka namostu te

Translation

ബാലഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം—രേവതിയും വൃദ്ധരേവതിയും ഉൾപ്പെടെ—എല്ലാം നശിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ ബകുലാർക്കാ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• bālagrahāḥ: child-seizing spirits (bāla-grahas)
• bālagrahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

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

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); विशेषणम्

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्ययम् (particle: also/even)

• revatī: Revatī (a graha/affliction)
• revatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• vṛddharevatī: Vṛddha-Revatī (elder Revatī affliction)
• vṛddharevatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddha (प्रातिपदिक) + revatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); विशेषणम्

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati-karma (Goal/Object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• āyānti: come to/meet with
• āyānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• bakulārka: O Bakula-Arka
• bakulārka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bakula (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्ययम् (salutation particle)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-रूपम् (Accusative/Dative form), एकवचनम् (singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother holds a child before Bakulārka; shadowy graha-figures labeled Revatī and Vṛddha-Revatī recoil and dissolve in sunlight as the devotee chants ‘namo’ with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Bakulārka
• Bālagraha
• Revatī
• Vṛddha-Revatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred salutations and worship at a praised sthala are presented as remedies for harmful afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakulārka in Ravikṣetra (Dharmāraṇya), associated with Ravikuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct namaskāra/stuti—“Bakulārka, namo ’stu te”—as a graha-śānti invocation.