Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

तेषां बाधा मया कार्या यै च स्युर्धर्मलोपकाः । हृष्टे शिवे मया कार्या व्यवस्था स्वर्गगामिनाम्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ bādhā mayā kāryā yai ca syurdharmalopakāḥ | hṛṣṭe śive mayā kāryā vyavasthā svargagāminām

Translation

“ധർമ്മലോപകരായവരെ ഞാൻ തടയേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. ശിവൻ പ്രസന്നനായാൽ, സ്വർഗ്ഗഗാമികൾക്കായുള്ള യഥോചിത ക്രമം ഞാൻ സ്ഥാപിക്കണം.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• बाधा: obstruction/affliction
• बाधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• कार्या: to be done/should be made
• कार्या: Vidhyartha (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/कर्तव्य), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘बाधा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यैः: by whom / by those who
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रदर्शकः (relative pronoun)

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

• स्युः: may be / would be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/सम्भावना), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• धर्मलोपकाः: destroyers of dharma
• धर्मलोपकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + लोपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—धर्मस्य लोपकाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• हृष्टे: when (he) is pleased
• हृष्टे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘शिवे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शिवे: in/when Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कार्या: to be done/should be established
• कार्या: Vidhyartha (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘व्यवस्था’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• व्यवस्था: arrangement/ordinance
• व्यवस्था: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वर्गगामिनाम्: of those going to heaven
• स्वर्गगामिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—स्वर्गं गच्छन्ति ये (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Divine assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A guardian-deity posture: the speaker (contextually Viṣṇu) vows to restrain dharma-destroyers; in the background, Śiva is shown pleased—smiling or in boon-giving calm—while celestial registers of the heaven-bound are set in order.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dharma
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma must be protected by restraining its violators, while the righteous are guided into a divinely sanctioned order leading to higher worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, framing the kṣetra as a place where dharmic order is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned; it emphasizes moral governance—checking adharma and supporting svarga-gāmins.