Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स्वभक्तानां च लोकेषु देवीनां दास्यसे स्थितिम् । बालानां ये भविष्यंति वातपित्तकफोद्भवाः । पिटकास्ताः सुखेनैव शामयिष्यसि पूजनात्

Transliteration

svabhaktānāṃ ca lokeṣu devīnāṃ dāsyase sthitim | bālānāṃ ye bhaviṣyaṃti vātapittakaphodbhavāḥ | piṭakāstāḥ sukhenaiva śāmayiṣyasi pūjanāt

Translation

ในโลกของพระเทวีและในโลกของเหล่าภักตะของพระนาง ท่านจักประทานความผาสุกเกื้อกูลแก่เขาทั้งหลาย ฝีที่เกิดในเด็กจากวาตะ ปิตตะ และกะผะ ท่านจักระงับให้สงบได้โดยง่ายด้วยการบูชาท่าน

Word by Word

• sva-bhaktānām: of (your) devotees
• sva-bhaktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (of one’s devotees)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• lokeṣu: in the worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमीविभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• devīnām: of the goddesses
• devīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dāsyase: you will give
• dāsyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा, धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• sthitim: a position/status
• sthitim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• bālānām: of children
• bālānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ye: which/who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhaviṣyanti: will occur/become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू, धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• vāta-pitta-kapha-udbhavāḥ: arising from vāta, pitta, and kapha
• vāta-pitta-kapha-udbhavāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāta (प्रातिपदिक) + pitta (प्रातिपदिक) + kapha (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उद्भवः = arising from)

• piṭakāḥ: pustules/boils
• piṭakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṭakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tāḥ: those (them)
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sukhena: easily/with ease
• sukhena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• śāmayiṣyasi: you will soothe/cure
• śāmayiṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śam (शम्, धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘cause to subside’)

• pūjanāt: from/through worship
• pūjanāt: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-sannidhi at the giri-śṛṅga associated with Barbarīka-śiras (as per this episode)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Devī-sannidhi on a mountain peak; devotees offer flowers and lamps seeking children’s healing; subtle iconography of tridoṣa pacification (cooling water, soothing moon, protective gestures).

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Devī
• Vāta
• Pitta
• Kapha
• Bāla (children)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship is portrayed as protective and healing, extending grace into embodied life and community welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes the benefit of worship within Devī’s devotional sphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) is indicated as the means by which relief from children’s boils (piṭakā) is obtained.