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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

श्वेतमूर्धा श्वेतमाली जयन्तानुचराश्च ते । एते शस्त्रोद्यतकरा रक्षन्ते तमहर्निशम्

śvetamūrdhā śvetamālī jayantānucarāśca te | ete śastrodyatakarā rakṣante tamaharniśam

Śvetamūrdhā dan Śvetamālī juga merupakan pengiring Jayanta. Mereka, dengan senjata terangkat di tangan, menjaga tempat itu siang dan malam.

śvetamūrdhāŚvetamūrdhā (name)
śvetamūrdhā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśveta-mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक; श्वेत + मूर्धन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
śvetamālīŚvetamālī (name)
śvetamālī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśveta-mālin (प्रातिपदिक; श्वेत + मालिन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
jayantānucarāḥattendants of Jayanta
jayantānucarāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjayanta-anucara (प्रातिपदिक; जयन्त + अनुचर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
tethey
te:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
etethese
ete:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
śastrodyatakarāḥwith hands raised holding weapons; weapon-ready
śastrodyatakarāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśastra-udyata-kara (प्रातिपदिक; शस्त्र + उद्यत + कर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्; (udyata = past passive participle from उद्-यम्)
rakṣantethey protect
rakṣante:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootrakṣ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद
tamhim
tam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
aharniśamday and night
aharniśam:
Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootahar-niśā (प्रातिपदिक; अहः + निशा)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग: ‘day and night’

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Listener: Sages

Scene: Śvetamūrdhā and Śvetamālī, attendants of Jayanta, stand as pale/white-marked sentinels; a rotating guard keeps watch with weapons raised through day and night.

P
Prahlāda
J
Jayanta
Ś
Śvetamūrdhā
Ś
Śvetamālī
D
Dvārakā (implied)

FAQs

Sacred space is continuously guarded; remembrance of the guardians affirms the ever-active protection surrounding dharma.

Dvārakā, portrayed as perpetually protected by divine attendants.

No direct rite is stated; the verse supports the broader instruction to acknowledge Jayanta’s attendants.