Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

रक्षां परिकरिष्यंति मद्भक्तानां ममाज्ञया । इति दत्त्वा वरान्देवी देवेभ्यो तर्हि ता तदा

Transliteration

rakṣāṃ parikariṣyaṃti madbhaktānāṃ mamājñayā | iti dattvā varāndevī devebhyo tarhi tā tadā

Translation

“माझ्या आज्ञेने ते माझ्या भक्तांचे रक्षण करतील”—असे वर देऊन देवीने त्या वेळी देवांना सांगितले।

Word by Word

• रक्षाम्: protection
• रक्षाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• परिकरिष्यन्ति: will provide/perform
• परिकरिष्यन्ति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — "will do/perform"

• मद्भक्तानाम्: of my devotees
• मद्भक्तानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; मत् = अस्मद्-षष्ठीसमास-पूर्वपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मम भक्ताः)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• आज्ञया: by (my) command
• आज्ञया: करण/निमित्त (Instrument/Authority)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे/निमित्ते — "by/under (my) command"

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसमाप्ति (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यवधारण-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); "having given"

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• तर्हि: then
• तर्हि: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तर्हि (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• ताः: them
• ताः: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम — "them" (ref. शक्तयः)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (at that time)

Speaker

Durgā (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmuni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, radiant and authoritative, addresses assembled gods; protective energies stand ready like sentinels, signifying a divine decree to guard devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Deva
• Bhakta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine governance: Devī authorizes protective forces to act on behalf of sincere devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa, where divine protection is a hallmark of Kāśī’s sacred promise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it affirms the protective outcome for Devī’s devotees under her command.