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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

पांचालोनाम यक्षोऽयं यक्षलक्षपदानुगः । दत्तस्ते किंकरो देवी महामायाशतैर्युतः

pāṃcālonāma yakṣo'yaṃ yakṣalakṣapadānugaḥ | dattaste kiṃkaro devī mahāmāyāśatairyutaḥ

یہ یَکش جس کا نام پانچال ہے، لاکھوں یَکشوں کے ساتھ؛ اے دیوی، یہ تمہیں خادم کے طور پر دیا گیا ہے—سینکڑوں مہامایا کی قوتوں سے آراستہ۔

पांचालःPāñcāla (name)
पांचालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपांचाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Appositive marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामार्थक निपात (particle meaning ‘by name’)
यक्षःa yakṣa
यक्षः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Visheshya (Deictic/subject qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
यक्षलक्षपदानुगःfollowed by a hundred-thousand yakṣas
यक्षलक्षपदानुगः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयक्ष + लक्ष + पद + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying यक्षः)
दत्तःgiven
दत्तः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formक्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव (given)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूप (Genitive/Dative form), एकवचन; संदर्भे चतुर्थी (to you)
किंकरःservant
किंकरः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootकिंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
देवीO Goddess
देवी:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
महामायाशतैःwith hundreds of great māyās (powers/illusions)
महामायाशतैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + माया + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
युतःendowed/associated
युतः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु)
Formक्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘युक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying किंकरः/यक्षः)

Brahmā

Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)

Scene: A majestic Yakṣa named Pāñcāla is presented to the goddess as a servant, surrounded by a vast host of Yakṣas; the atmosphere is glittering, otherworldly, and disciplined.

B
Brahmā
D
Devī
P
Pāñcāla (Yakṣa)
Y
Yakṣas
M
Mahāmāyā

FAQs

When dharma is to be upheld, the cosmos supplies assistance—divine power is supported by organized divine forces.

No tīrtha is named; the verse describes Devī’s allotted attendant and forces.

None; it is a bestowal of an attendant (kiṅkara) and supernatural resources.