Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यस्याः संकीर्त्तनेनापि नश्यंति विपदो ध्रुवम् । आराधयध्वमनिशं तां देवीं मम वाक्यतः

Transliteration

yasyāḥ saṃkīrttanenāpi naśyaṃti vipado dhruvam | ārādhayadhvamaniśaṃ tāṃ devīṃ mama vākyataḥ

Translation

جس دیوی کے نام کے سنکیرتن سے ہی یقینی طور پر آفتیں مٹ جاتی ہیں، میرے فرمان کے مطابق اُس دیوی کی مسلسل عبادت کرو۔

Word by Word

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• संकीर्तनॆन: by chanting/praising
• संकीर्तनॆन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/emphatic: even/also)

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• विपदः: calamities
• विपदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use: certainly)

• आराधयध्वम्: worship
• आराधयध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अनिशम्: constantly
• अनिशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: continually)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (1st person pronoun)

• वाक्यतः: according to (my) words
• वाक्यतः: Hetu/Apadana (Source/according to/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative: 'according to the word')

Speaker

Śeṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Arbudācala) Devī-sthāna (Caṇḍikā sambandha)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding spiritual instruction: a revered speaker urges beings in distress to worship the Goddess ceaselessly; the atmosphere is protective and devotional, with the unseen presence of Devī felt through mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā (Devī, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance—name-chanting and praise—functions as a swift remedy against adversity when done with faith and steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī’s presence is contextualized at Arbuda, making the mountain a locus for effective saṅkīrtana and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃkīrtana (praise/chanting) and continual ārādhana (worship) of the Devī.