Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तावन्निवारयस्वैनं नान्यः शक्तो निवारणे

Transliteration

tāvannivārayasvainaṃ nānyaḥ śakto nivāraṇe

Translation

ਇਸ ਲਈ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਰੋਕ ਲੈ; ਰੋਕਣ ਲਈ ਹੋਰ ਕੋਈ ਸਮਰਥ ਨਹੀਂ।

Word by Word

• तावत्: until then/so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (so long/that much)

• निवारयस्व: restrain, prevent
• निवारयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु; नि+आ+√वृ/√वृञ् वारणे)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

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

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्तः: able, capable
• शक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (कृदन्त; √शक् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally)

• निवारणे: in restraining/preventing
• निवारणे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

The Devas (addressing Śiva/Tripurāntaka; deduced from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A climactic command: devas or narratorial voice urges Śiva to restrain the dancer immediately; the scene is charged with urgency—hands raised, faces tense, the cosmos trembling at the edge of collapse.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied addressee)
• Devas (implied)
• Maṅkaṇaka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ultimate restraint of destructive imbalance is attributed to the supreme divine authority—Śiva as the restorer of order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative stream.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an appeal for divine action rather than a human ritual instruction.