Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्तां पश्यति सद्भक्त्या भूताया नित्यमेव वा तं पुत्रमिव कल्याणी संरक्षति न संशयः

Transliteration

yastāṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā bhūtāyā nityameva vā taṃ putramiva kalyāṇī saṃrakṣati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

စစ်မှန်သော ဘက္တိဖြင့် မိမိနေ့စဉ်သော်လည်းကောင်း၊ သန့်ရှင်းသော ဘုရားကျောင်း၌သော်လည်းကောင်း၊ မိခင်ဒေဝီကို မြင်တွေ့သူအား မင်္ဂလာဒေဝီသည် မိမိသားကဲ့သို့ ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မည်၊ သံသယမရှိ။

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• ताम्: her/that (goddess)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सद्भक्त्या: with true devotion
• सद्भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; समास: सत् + भक्ति (‘true devotion’)

• भूतायाः: of the manifested one/of Bhūtā (name/epithet)
• भूतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (उपमान-प्रयोग), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• कल्याणी: the auspicious goddess (Kalyāṇī)
• कल्याणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• संरक्षति: protects
• संरक्षति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: सम्-

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = नास्ति संशयः (elliptic)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṇṭakaśodhinī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī’s icon radiates tenderness; she extends a protective gesture (abhaya/varada) toward a devotee depicted as a child; the shrine setting suggests daily visitation and intimate guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Kalyāṇī/Kaṇṭakaśodhinī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere bhakti and darśana establish an intimate, protective bond between the deity and the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, emphasizing the merit of beholding the goddess at her manifested shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular darśana—beholding the deity with sincere devotion—is itself presented as a powerful practice.