Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

यस्माच्चंडं कृतं कर्म त्वया दानवसूदनात् । तस्मात्त्वं चंडिकानाम लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि

Transliteration

yasmāccaṃḍaṃ kṛtaṃ karma tvayā dānavasūdanāt | tasmāttvaṃ caṃḍikānāma loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi

Translation

چونکہ تم نے دانَو سُودن بن کر ایک سخت کارنامہ کیا—دیو کا وध—اس لیے تم دنیا میں ‘چنڈیکا’ کے نام سے مشہور ہو گی۔

Word by Word

• yasmāt: from which/because of which
• yasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे (प्रयोगतः), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

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

• caṇḍam: fierce/terrible
• caṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• kṛtam: done/performed
• kṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मविशेषणम्

• karma: deed, act
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• dānavasūdanāt: from the slayer of the Dānavas (O slayer of demons)
• dānavasūdanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (दानव) + sūdana (सूदन) (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): दानवानां सूदनः; पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गम्

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Reason/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• caṇḍikā-nāma: named ‘Caṇḍikā’
• caṇḍikā-nāma: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍikā (चण्डिका) + nāman (नामन्)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/नामधारक-समासः: चण्डिका इति नाम यस्य/यस्या; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणरूपेण

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (लोक) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• khyātim: fame, renown
• khyātim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (ख्याति) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• gamiṣyasi: you will attain/go to
• gamiṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī; naming-phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-āśrama/seat (Arbuda, Varaparvata)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess in fierce aspect after slaying a demon—dynamic posture, weapons, protective aura; devas acclaiming her new fame as Caṇḍikā; the demon subdued at her feet.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Caṇḍikā
• Dānava (demon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine names (nāma) arise from divine acts; remembering them reinforces faith in Devī’s protective power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-kṣetra context continues; the Devī associated with this place is identified as Caṇḍikā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains an epithet and its basis in a demon-slaying deed.