Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यस्याः संकीर्त्तनेनापि नश्यंति विपदो ध्रुवम् । आराधयध्वमनिशं तां देवीं मम वाक्यतः

Transliteration

yasyāḥ saṃkīrttanenāpi naśyaṃti vipado dhruvam | ārādhayadhvamaniśaṃ tāṃ devīṃ mama vākyataḥ

Translation

യാരുടെ നാമസംകീർത്തനമാത്രത്താലും ദുരിതങ്ങൾ നിശ്ചയമായി നശിക്കുന്നുവോ, അതുകൊണ്ട് എന്റെ വചനപ്രകാരം ആ ദേവിയെ നിരന്തരം ആരാധിക്കുവിൻ।

Word by Word

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• संकीर्तनॆन: by chanting/praising
• संकीर्तनॆन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/emphatic: even/also)

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• विपदः: calamities
• विपदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use: certainly)

• आराधयध्वम्: worship
• आराधयध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अनिशम्: constantly
• अनिशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: continually)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (1st person pronoun)

• वाक्यतः: according to (my) words
• वाक्यतः: Hetu/Apadana (Source/according to/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative: 'according to the word')

Speaker

Śeṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Arbudācala) Devī-sthāna (Caṇḍikā sambandha)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding spiritual instruction: a revered speaker urges beings in distress to worship the Goddess ceaselessly; the atmosphere is protective and devotional, with the unseen presence of Devī felt through mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā (Devī, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance—name-chanting and praise—functions as a swift remedy against adversity when done with faith and steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī’s presence is contextualized at Arbuda, making the mountain a locus for effective saṅkīrtana and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃkīrtana (praise/chanting) and continual ārādhana (worship) of the Devī.