Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

बालग्रहाश्च सर्वेऽपि रेवती वृद्धरेवती । ते सर्वे नाशमायांति बकुलार्क नमोस्तु ते

Transliteration

bālagrahāśca sarve'pi revatī vṛddharevatī | te sarve nāśamāyāṃti bakulārka namostu te

Translation

تمام بال گِرہ آفات—ریوتی اور وردھ ریوتی سمیت—نابود ہو جاتی ہیں، سب کا خاتمہ ہو جاتا ہے۔ اے بَکُلارک، آپ کو نمسکار!

Word by Word

• bālagrahāḥ: child-seizing spirits (bāla-grahas)
• bālagrahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

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

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); विशेषणम्

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्ययम् (particle: also/even)

• revatī: Revatī (a graha/affliction)
• revatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• vṛddharevatī: Vṛddha-Revatī (elder Revatī affliction)
• vṛddharevatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddha (प्रातिपदिक) + revatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); विशेषणम्

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati-karma (Goal/Object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• āyānti: come to/meet with
• āyānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• bakulārka: O Bakula-Arka
• bakulārka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bakula (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्ययम् (salutation particle)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-रूपम् (Accusative/Dative form), एकवचनम् (singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother holds a child before Bakulārka; shadowy graha-figures labeled Revatī and Vṛddha-Revatī recoil and dissolve in sunlight as the devotee chants ‘namo’ with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Bakulārka
• Bālagraha
• Revatī
• Vṛddha-Revatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred salutations and worship at a praised sthala are presented as remedies for harmful afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakulārka in Ravikṣetra (Dharmāraṇya), associated with Ravikuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct namaskāra/stuti—“Bakulārka, namo ’stu te”—as a graha-śānti invocation.