Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

शीतलापुरतो दत्त्वा बालाः सन्तु निरामयाः । विस्फोटचर्चिकादीनां वातादीनां शमो भवेत्

Transliteration

śītalāpurato dattvā bālāḥ santu nirāmayāḥ | visphoṭacarcikādīnāṃ vātādīnāṃ śamo bhavet

Translation

ശീതലാദേവിയുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ അത് അർപ്പിച്ചാൽ, കുട്ടികൾ നിരാമയരാകട്ടെ; വിസ്ഫോടം, ചർമ്മരോഗാദികൾക്കും വാതാദി ദോഷങ്ങൾക്കും ശമനം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• śītalā: of Śītalā (goddess)
• śītalā: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śītalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive Singular

• purataḥ: in front (of)
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb ‘in front/before’

• dattvā: having offered
• dattvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having given/offered’

• bālāḥ: children
• bālāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (अथवा स्त्रीलिङ्ग-बहुवचनार्थे), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative Plural

• santu: may (they) be
• santu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन — ‘let them be’

• nirāmayāḥ: free from illness, healthy
• nirāmayāḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative Plural; विशेषण (qualifier)

• visphoṭa-carcikā-ādīnām: of (diseases) like smallpox and skin eruptions etc.
• visphoṭa-carcikā-ādīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: visphoṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + carcikā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘X-and-such etc.’), स्त्री/पुं-समाहार, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — Genitive Plural

• vāta-ādīnām: of vāta and the like (doṣas/ailments)
• vāta-ādīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — Genitive Plural

• śamaḥ: cessation, pacification
• śamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative Singular

• bhavet: may occur / should happen
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘would/should be’

Speaker

Not explicit in verse (context: Māhātmya narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śītalā at Prabhāsa (ārogya-āśīrvāda)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The offering is placed before Śītalā; a parent prays for children’s freedom from illness as the Devī’s cool grace spreads, symbolically calming eruptions and skin afflictions and harmonizing vāta.

Characters & Entities

• Śītalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering with faith is framed as a means of receiving divine protection and relief from suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a place where Śītalā’s grace is especially accessible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Making an offering in front of Śītalā with the intention of health and pacification of specific ailments.