Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तान्वारयिष्यामि शक्राद्यांस्त्रिदिवात्पुनः । एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहा प्रेषयामास पार्थिव

Transliteration

tasmāttānvārayiṣyāmi śakrādyāṃstridivātpunaḥ | evamuktvā varārohā preṣayāmāsa pārthiva

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ഇന്ദ്രാദികളെ വീണ്ടും സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പിന്തിരിപ്പിക്കും. ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ്, ഹേ രാജാവേ, വരാരോഹാ ദേവി ഒരു ദൂതനെ അയച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb) = therefore/from that

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वारयिष्यामि: I will restrain/stop
• वारयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; causative sense ‘to restrain’ (वारय-)

• शक्राद्यान्: Śakra (Indra) and others
• शक्राद्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः/समाहार (शक्रः आदिः येषाम्) = ‘Indra and others’

• त्रिदिवात्: from heaven
• त्रिदिवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• पुनः: again/back
• पुनः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again/back)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त absolutive/gerund)

• वरारोहा: the fair-limbed lady
• वरारोहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आरोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरा आरोहा यस्याः)

• प्रेषयामास: sent
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative stem प्रेषय- ‘sent’

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Pulastya continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa (svarga) (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (explicit: 'pārthiva') within the embedded narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, poised and regal, declares she will expel Indra and the gods from heaven again; immediately she dispatches a messenger; the scene shifts from council to action.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• the Goddess (Devī/Śrīmātā)
• messenger (dūta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order (ājñā) overrides worldly power; even Indra’s station is subject to the Goddess’ will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider narrative belongs to Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Mount Arbuda region), though this verse itself focuses on the Goddess’ command rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a narrative transition introducing the sending of a messenger.