Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा यज्ञविघातं च तद्विघाताय वासवः । वज्रेणाच्छादयामास यथा सिद्धिर्न जायते

Transliteration

jñātvā yajñavighātaṃ ca tadvighātāya vāsavaḥ | vajreṇācchādayāmāsa yathā siddhirna jāyate

Translation

Nang malaman na nahahadlangan ang yajña, si Vāsava (Indra), upang lalo pa itong hadlangan, ay tinakpan iyon ng kaniyang vajra, ang sandatang kulog, upang walang siddhi ang sumibol.

Word by Word

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: ज्ञा (to know)

• यज्ञ-विघातम्: the obstruction of the sacrifice
• यज्ञ-विघातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + विघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य विघातः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तद्-विघाताय: for the destruction of that (obstruction)
• तद्-विघाताय: Sampradāna (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + विघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य विघातः)

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• आच्छादयामास: covered
• आच्छादयामास: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-छद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense in usage (covered/caused to cover)

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/so that)

• सिद्धिः: success, accomplishment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

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

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara (site of siddhi)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, alerted to yajña’s obstruction, descends and casts/places his vajra as a covering barrier over the locus of siddhi, attempting to prevent its arising.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Vāsava)
• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text dramatizes how forces—even divine ones—may attempt to block ritual fruit, yet later verses assert the superior power of the holy presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing passage belongs to the Siddheśvara milieu in Arbuda-khaṇḍa, where the site’s efficacy becomes the central claim.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It discusses obstruction of yajña and the arising of siddhi, not a direct prescription.