Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

केश्यादिदैत्यदलिनी स्वसा वै रामकृष्णयोः । यस्या दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

keśyādidaityadalinī svasā vai rāmakṛṣṇayoḥ | yasyā darśanamātreṇa sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

അവൾ കേശി മുതലായ ദൈത്യങ്ങളെ ദളിക്കുന്നവൾ; തീർച്ചയായും രാമകൃഷ്ണന്മാരുടെ സഹോദരി. അവളുടെ ദർശനമാത്രംകൊണ്ട് സർവ്വകാമങ്ങളും ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• keśyādi-daitya-dalinī: the slayer of the demons beginning with Keśī
• keśyādi-daitya-dalinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśī + ādi + daitya + dalinī (प्रातिपदिक; dalinī इति कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिकः √दल्/दलनार्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—keśyādi (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश), daitya-dalinī (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• svasā: sister
• svasā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svasṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ: of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa
• rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma + kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• yasyāḥ: whose
• yasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

• darśana-mātreṇa: by mere sight
• darśana-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः—darśana-mātra (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दर्शनस्य मात्रम्’)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (kāmān इति विशेष्य)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī (Kaumārī/Yaśodā) shrine at Candrabhāgā precinct

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendraḥ / brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī stands victorious over symbolic demons; devotees receive her glance. A subtle motif shows Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the background as kin, reinforcing her identity as their sister.

Characters & Entities

• Keśin
• Daityas
• Rāma
• Kṛṣṇa
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Goddess at a sanctified site is portrayed as spiritually efficacious, granting fulfillment and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Devī-sthāna within the Dvārakā Māhātmya pilgrimage circuit, contiguous with the Candrabhāgā tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—reverent viewing/visitation of the deity as a devotional act.