Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

राजन्नेतानजारूपान्व्याधीन्पालय कृत्स्नशः । किंकुर्वाणा भविष्यंति तवैवादेशकारिणः

Transliteration

rājannetānajārūpānvyādhīnpālaya kṛtsnaśaḥ | kiṃkurvāṇā bhaviṣyaṃti tavaivādeśakāriṇaḥ

Translation

हे राजन्, या बकऱ्यांच्या रूपातील व्याधींचे सर्वस्वी पालन-रक्षण कर. त्या तुझेच सेवक होतील आणि फक्त तुझ्याच आज्ञेप्रमाणे वागतील.

Word by Word

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• etān: these
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ajā-rūpān: having the form of goats
• ajā-rūpān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ajā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अजायाः रूपम् → अजारूप), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha, Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• vyādhīn: diseases/afflictions
• vyādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• pālaya: protect/guard
• pālaya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pālay (पालय्) < pā (पा) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• kṛtsnaśaḥ: entirely, completely
• kṛtsnaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक) + śas (शस्) (अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb

• kim: what?
• kim: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रश्न (प्रश्नार्थक) — Interrogative indeclinable

• kurvāṇāḥ: doing
• kurvāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• bhaviṣyanti: will be/will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण — Indeclinable particle of emphasis

• ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ: those who carry out (your) command
• ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आदेशस्य कारी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Genitive-tatpurusha, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Mahādevī / Devī (Bhairavī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī instructs the king with an authoritative gesture; the king accepts the charge. Goat-forms gather calmly, as if awaiting orders, symbolizing disciplined containment of disease.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Bhairavī)
• King
• Vyādhi (diseases)
• Ajā (goats)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace does not only remove suffering; it can transmute it into disciplined service under dharma and divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the origin-story for a local sacred identity is being established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dhārmic injunction is given: to ‘pālaya’ (protect/maintain) the goat-formed beings as part of the Goddess’s command.