Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पितॄणामुद्धरणार्थाय ह्यस्मिन्रौद्रे कलौ युगे । यदा दैत्यविनाशं स कुरुते भगवान्हरिः

Transliteration

pitṝṇāmuddharaṇārthāya hyasminraudre kalau yuge | yadā daityavināśaṃ sa kurute bhagavānhariḥ

Translation

แท้จริง ในกาลียุคอันดุเดือดนี้ เพื่อการกู้พ้นของเหล่าปิตฤ (บรรพชน) เมื่อใดก็ตามที่พระภควานหริทรงกระทำการทำลายเหล่าไทตยะ (อสูร)

Word by Word

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• उद्धरणार्थाय: for the purpose of deliverance
• उद्धरणार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धरण + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ दत्तिवाचक (for the purpose of)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) ‘indeed/for’

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• रौद्रे: terrible
• रौद्रे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) ‘कलौ’

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal conjunction/adverb)

• दैत्यविनाशम्: destruction of the demons
• दैत्यविनाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

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

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) ‘हरिः’

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-gṛha / Keśava-sthāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari poised to destroy demons in a darkened Kali-yuga atmosphere; behind him, pitṛs rise from shadow toward light, indicating ‘uddhāra’; the coastal shrine and river appear as sanctifying anchors amid turmoil.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Kali Yuga
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Daityas (demons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intervention in Kali Yuga is framed as both cosmic (destroying daityas) and compassionate (uplifting the pitṛs).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Nārāyaṇagṛha near Nyaṅkumatī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, introduced in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it sets the theological rationale for the shrine’s significance.