Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न भविष्यति वै पीडा तावकी तस्य कुत्रचित् । पुष्पाणि रक्तवर्णानि मध्वाज्याक्तानि भूरिशः

Transliteration

na bhaviṣyati vai pīḍā tāvakī tasya kutracit | puṣpāṇi raktavarṇāni madhvājyāktāni bhūriśaḥ

Translation

அவனுக்கு உன்னால் எங்கும் எந்தத் துன்பமும் ஏற்படாது. தேன் மற்றும் நெய் பூசப்பட்ட செந்நிற மலர்களை மிகுதியாக அர்ப்பணிக்கட்டும்.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/उपपादक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पीडा: affliction / pain
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तावकी: your
• तावकी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive: ‘your’)

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अनिश्चितता-बोधक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• रक्तवर्णानि: red-colored
• रक्तवर्णानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (रक्तः वर्णः येषाम्)

• मधु: with honey
• मधु: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case, Instrumental), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भावे)

• आज्य: with ghee
• आज्य: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भावे)

• आक्तानि: smeared/anointed
• आक्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + अञ्ज् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• भूरिशः: in abundance
• भूरिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/बहुत्व-बोधक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers abundant red blossoms, each glistening with honey and ghee, before a sanctified presence associated with Bhauma-śānti; lamps and incense frame the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka/Maṅgala (as ‘you’, implied)
• Śiva (as worshipped)
• Red flowers
• Honey
• Ghee

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at the tīrtha is portrayed as a protective shield, neutralizing harmful planetary afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅgāreśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where worship is said to remove Maṅgala-related pīḍā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering plentiful red flowers anointed with honey and ghee as part of the worship, framed as a graha-śānti measure.