Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

न शाकिन्यो गृहे तस्य न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः । पीडां कुर्वन्ति शिशवो यान्ति वृद्धिमनामयाम्

Transliteration

na śākinyo gṛhe tasya na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ | pīḍāṃ kurvanti śiśavo yānti vṛddhimanāmayām

Translation

അവന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ ശാകിനികൾ ഇല്ല, പിശാചുകൾ ഇല്ല, രാക്ഷസന്മാരും ഇല്ല. അവർ കുട്ടികളെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കുകയില്ല; കുട്ടികൾ രോഗമില്ലാതെ ആരോഗ്യബലത്തോടെ വളരും.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — particle of negation

• śākinyaḥ: witches/śākinīs
• śākinyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — feminine nominative plural

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — neuter locative singular

• tasya: of him; his
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation

• piśācāḥ: piśācas/ghouls
• piśācāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation

• rākṣasāḥ: rākṣasas/demons
• rākṣasāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural

• pīḍām: affliction; torment
• pīḍām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• kurvanti: inflict
• kurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘do/inflict’

• śiśavaḥ: children
• śiśavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural

• yānti: attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘go/attain’

• vṛddhim: growth; increase
• vṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• anāmayām: free from disease; untroubled
• anāmayām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वृद्धिम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम् — feminine accusative singular agreeing with vṛddhim

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene household blessed by tīrtha merit: children playing robustly while shadowy śākinī/piśāca/rākṣasa forms recoil at the threshold under divine protection.

Characters & Entities

• Śākinī
• Piśāca
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protective devotion safeguards the household; dharmic worship is portrayed as a shield against harmful forces and as a cause of children’s well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where this protective worship and its results are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new step is added here; it states the protective fruit (phala) of performing the Bhūtamātṛ worship-vidhi described earlier.