Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

भगवानुवाच । अवध्यः सर्वदेवानामजेयः स महाबलः । करिष्यति ग्रहं नूनं राहुः कोपपरायणः । परं तव निशानाथ करिष्येऽहं प्रतिक्रियाम्

Transliteration

bhagavānuvāca | avadhyaḥ sarvadevānāmajeyaḥ sa mahābalaḥ | kariṣyati grahaṃ nūnaṃ rāhuḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ | paraṃ tava niśānātha kariṣye'haṃ pratikriyām

Translation

భగవానుడు పలికెను—రాహువు సమస్త దేవులకు అవధ్యుడు, అజేయుడు, మహాబలవంతుడు; క్రోధపరాయణుడై నిశ్చయంగా గ్రహణం కలిగిస్తాడు. అయితే, ఓ నిశానాథా, నీకు నేను ప్రతిక్రియను ఏర్పరచుదును.

Word by Word

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• avadhyaḥ: invulnerable, not to be slain
• avadhyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vadhya (प्रातिपदिक; वध्य-शब्दस्य नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarva-devānām: of all the gods
• sarva-devānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वदेव (कर्मधारय)

• ajeyaḥ: unconquerable
• ajeyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jeya (प्रातिपदिक; जेय-शब्दस्य नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahā-balaḥ: of great strength
• mahā-balaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—महाबल (कर्मधारय); विशेषण

• kariṣyati: will do / will make
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• graham: seizure; eclipse (lit. grasping)
• graham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• rāhuḥ: Rāhu
• rāhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kopa-parāyaṇaḥ: intent on anger
• kopa-parāyaṇaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कोपपरायण (तत्पुरुष: कोपे परायणः); विशेषण

• param: but, however
• param: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: param (अव्यय/परम्)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अपवादार्थक (but, however)

• tava: your
• tava: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• niśā-nātha: O lord of the night (Moon)
• niśā-nātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—निशानाथ (तत्पुरुष: निशायाः नाथः)

• kariṣye: I will do
• kariṣye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pratikriyām: countermeasure, remedy
• pratikriyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prati-kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—प्रतिक्रिया (तत्पुरुष: प्रति + क्रिया)

Speaker

Śiva (Bhagavān; Kāma-niṣūdana context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (grahaṇa-śānti context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Niśānātha (Candra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks calmly, declaring Rāhu invulnerable yet promising a counter-rite for the Moon (Niśānātha), establishing ritual remedy against eclipse affliction.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Rāhu
• Deva(s)
• Candra (Niśānātha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some forces cannot be destroyed by power alone; dharma provides remedial rites under Śiva’s guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrodbheda-tīrtha is framed as the place where Śiva establishes the remedy connected to the Moon’s eclipse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratikriyā—Śiva promises a specific remedial religious response to the eclipse (detailed in subsequent verses as snāna, dāna, etc.).