Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 194

Devanagari script

यातुधाना न हिंसंति तच्छ्राद्धं भयविह्वलाः

Transliteration

yātudhānā na hiṃsaṃti tacchrāddhaṃ bhayavihvalāḥ

Translation

அந்த ஸ்ராத்தத்தைப் பார்த்து அச்சத்தால் கலங்கும் யாதுதானர்கள் அதற்கு தீங்கு செய்யார்.

Word by Word

• यातुधानाः: demons (yātudhānas)
• यातुधानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• हिंसन्ति: they harm
• हिंसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (demonstrative)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भयविह्वलाः: agitated by fear
• भयविह्वलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक; समास/योग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha rite protected by sacred power: shadowy yātudhānas recoil at the boundary of the ritual space, while the rite proceeds undisturbed with lamps and mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Yātudhānas
• Śrāddha
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly grounded sacred rites and māhātmya-linked observances are protected from obstructive forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The protection is implied within the Arkasthala/Prabhāsakṣetra setting where the rite is being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers to the Śrāddha rite—stating its inviolability (non-harm) by yātudhānas in this praised context.