Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

दामोदर जगन्नाथ हिरण्यासुर मर्द्दन । प्रह्रादमिव मां रक्ष राक्षसेनातिपीडितम्

Transliteration

dāmodara jagannātha hiraṇyāsura marddana | prahrādamiva māṃ rakṣa rākṣasenātipīḍitam

Translation

ข้าแต่ทาโมทระ ผู้เป็นชคันนาถ ผู้ปราบหิรัณยาสุระ โปรดคุ้มครองข้าผู้ถูกรากษสเบียดเบียนหนัก ดังที่พระองค์ทรงคุ้มครองปรหลาท

Word by Word

• दामोदर: O Dāmodara
• दामोदर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगन्नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular; समासः जगत्+नाथ

• हिरण्यासुरमर्द्दन: O slayer of Hiraṇyāsura
• हिरण्यासुरमर्द्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यासुर-मर्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular; समासः हिरण्यासुरस्य मर्द्दनः

• प्रह्रादम्: Prahlāda
• प्रह्रादम्: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्राद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• इव: like/as
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय — indeclinable of comparison

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person singular

• राक्षसेन: by a demon
• राक्षसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• अतिपीडितम्: greatly afflicted/oppressed
• अतिपीडितम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-पीडित (कृदन्त; पीड् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Gālava (prayer, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience of brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A terrified sage Gālava, harried by a rākṣasa near a sacred tank, raises folded hands and calls upon Dāmodara/Jagannātha; the unseen presence of Viṣṇu is suggested by a faint aura or conch-disc motifs in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara (Viṣṇu)
• Jagannātha
• Hiraṇyāsura
• Prahlāda
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic promise is reiterated: the Lord preserves the devotee, as exemplified by Prahlāda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra in the Setukhaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; the verse emphasizes bhakti as protective dharma.