Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तान्वारयिष्यामि शक्राद्यांस्त्रिदिवात्पुनः । एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहा प्रेषयामास पार्थिव

Transliteration

tasmāttānvārayiṣyāmi śakrādyāṃstridivātpunaḥ | evamuktvā varārohā preṣayāmāsa pārthiva

Translation

“لہٰذا میں شکر (اندَر) اور دوسرے سب کو پھر سے تری دیو (سورگ) سے واپس ہٹا دوں گی۔” یہ کہہ کر، اے راجا، اس عالی مرتبت خاتون نے ایک قاصد روانہ کیا۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb) = therefore/from that

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वारयिष्यामि: I will restrain/stop
• वारयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; causative sense ‘to restrain’ (वारय-)

• शक्राद्यान्: Śakra (Indra) and others
• शक्राद्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः/समाहार (शक्रः आदिः येषाम्) = ‘Indra and others’

• त्रिदिवात्: from heaven
• त्रिदिवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• पुनः: again/back
• पुनः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again/back)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त absolutive/gerund)

• वरारोहा: the fair-limbed lady
• वरारोहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आरोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरा आरोहा यस्याः)

• प्रेषयामास: sent
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative stem प्रेषय- ‘sent’

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Pulastya continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa (svarga) (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (explicit: 'pārthiva') within the embedded narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, poised and regal, declares she will expel Indra and the gods from heaven again; immediately she dispatches a messenger; the scene shifts from council to action.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• the Goddess (Devī/Śrīmātā)
• messenger (dūta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order (ājñā) overrides worldly power; even Indra’s station is subject to the Goddess’ will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider narrative belongs to Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Mount Arbuda region), though this verse itself focuses on the Goddess’ command rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a narrative transition introducing the sending of a messenger.