Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

यस्माच्चंडं कृतं कर्म त्वया दानवसूदनात् । तस्मात्त्वं चंडिकानाम लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि

Transliteration

yasmāccaṃḍaṃ kṛtaṃ karma tvayā dānavasūdanāt | tasmāttvaṃ caṃḍikānāma loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi

Translation

ദാനവനെ വധിച്ച് നീ ഉഗ്രകർമ്മം ചെയ്തതിനാൽ, ലോകത്തിൽ നീ ‘ചണ്ഡികാ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധയാകും।

Word by Word

• yasmāt: from which/because of which
• yasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे (प्रयोगतः), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

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

• caṇḍam: fierce/terrible
• caṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• kṛtam: done/performed
• kṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मविशेषणम्

• karma: deed, act
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• dānavasūdanāt: from the slayer of the Dānavas (O slayer of demons)
• dānavasūdanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (दानव) + sūdana (सूदन) (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): दानवानां सूदनः; पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गम्

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Reason/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• caṇḍikā-nāma: named ‘Caṇḍikā’
• caṇḍikā-nāma: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍikā (चण्डिका) + nāman (नामन्)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/नामधारक-समासः: चण्डिका इति नाम यस्य/यस्या; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणरूपेण

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (लोक) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• khyātim: fame, renown
• khyātim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (ख्याति) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• gamiṣyasi: you will attain/go to
• gamiṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī; naming-phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-āśrama/seat (Arbuda, Varaparvata)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess in fierce aspect after slaying a demon—dynamic posture, weapons, protective aura; devas acclaiming her new fame as Caṇḍikā; the demon subdued at her feet.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Caṇḍikā
• Dānava (demon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine names (nāma) arise from divine acts; remembering them reinforces faith in Devī’s protective power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-kṣetra context continues; the Devī associated with this place is identified as Caṇḍikā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains an epithet and its basis in a demon-slaying deed.