Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

धनुषां त्रिंशता देवि भूतनाथाच्च नैरृते । संस्थिता पापदमनी दारिद्र्यौघविनाशिनी

Transliteration

dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā devi bhūtanāthācca nairṛte | saṃsthitā pāpadamanī dāridryaughavināśinī

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਉਹ ਭੂਤਨਾਥ ਤੋਂ ਨੈਰ੍ਰਿਤ (ਦੱਖਣ-ਪੱਛਮ) ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੀਹ ਧਨੁ ਦੂਰ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਪਾਪ ਨੂੰ ਦਬਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਦਰਿਦ੍ਰਤਾ ਦੇ ਸੈਲਾਬ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• dhanuṣām: of bows (as a measure)
• dhanuṣām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• triṃśatā: by thirty
• triṃśatā: Pramāṇa (Measure/प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triṃśat (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental (by thirty) used as measure

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• bhūtanāthāt: from Bhūtanātha
• bhūtanāthāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भूतानां नाथः), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nairṛte: in the southwest
• nairṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nairṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative (southwest direction/region)

• saṃsthitā: situated, established
• saṃsthitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + sthā (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP

• pāpadamanī: subduer of sin
• pāpadamanī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + damanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापं दमयति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective

• dāridryaughavināśinī: destroyer of floods of poverty
• dāridryaughavināśinī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दारिद्र्यौघस्य विनाशिनी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍeśvarī (near Bhūtanātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s-eye map scene: Bhūtanātha shrine in the foreground; a path leading southwest to Kuṇḍeśvarī; Devī depicted as protective, holding lotus and abhaya, with symbols of poverty (empty bowl) dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī
• Bhūtanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is praised as both ethical purifier (sin-subduer) and worldly benefactress (poverty-destroyer), integrating dharma and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī’s shrine, described by its precise placement near Bhūtanātha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; the verse provides directional and distance guidance for pilgrims.