Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दौर्भाग्यदुःखशोकेभ्यस्तथा विघ्नैश्च दुःखितः । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहः सत्यभामान्वितो भवेत्

Transliteration

daurbhāgyaduḥkhaśokebhyastathā vighnaiśca duḥkhitaḥ | mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ satyabhāmānvito bhavet

Translation

ദൗർഭാഗ്യം, ദുഃഖം, ശോകം, വിഘ്നങ്ങൾ എന്നിവാൽ പീഡിതനായവൻ അവയിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല—സത്യഭാമയുടെ കൃപാ-സാന്നിധ്യം അവനു ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• दौर्भाग्य-दुःख-शोकेभ्यः: from misfortune, sorrow, and grief
• दौर्भाग्य-दुःख-शोकेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौर्भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; वियोगार्थे (from misfortune, suffering, and grief)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)

• विघ्नैः: from obstacles
• विघ्नैः: Apadana (Ablative-sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; वियोगार्थे (from obstacles)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction: and)

• दुःखितः: (one who is) afflicted
• दुःखितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (afflicted)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सत्यभामा-अन्वितः: accompanied by Satyabhāmā
• सत्यभामा-अन्वितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यभामा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; अन्वि/अनु-इ धातोः)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (instrumental-associative: 'accompanied by Satyabhāmā'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyabhāmeśvara (with Satyabhāmā-anugraha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful devotee weighed down by misfortune and obstacles comes to Satyabhāmeśvara; after worship, the devotee’s posture lifts, obstacles symbolically dissolve; Satyabhāmā’s auspicious presence is shown as a protective aura beside the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Satyabhāmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred-site devotion is portrayed as transforming worldly distress into release and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satyabhāmeśvara and its associated sacred precinct within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the assured fruit (phala) of seeking this sacred connection.