Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

केश्यादिदैत्यदलिनी स्वसा वै रामकृष्णयोः । यस्या दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

keśyādidaityadalinī svasā vai rāmakṛṣṇayoḥ | yasyā darśanamātreṇa sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

وہ کیشی وغیرہ دیووں کو کچلنے والی ہے؛ بے شک وہ رام اور کرشن کی بہن ہے۔ جس کے محض درشن سے ہی سب مرادیں پوری ہو جاتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• keśyādi-daitya-dalinī: the slayer of the demons beginning with Keśī
• keśyādi-daitya-dalinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśī + ādi + daitya + dalinī (प्रातिपदिक; dalinī इति कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिकः √दल्/दलनार्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—keśyādi (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश), daitya-dalinī (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• svasā: sister
• svasā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svasṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ: of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa
• rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma + kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• yasyāḥ: whose
• yasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

• darśana-mātreṇa: by mere sight
• darśana-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः—darśana-mātra (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दर्शनस्य मात्रम्’)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (kāmān इति विशेष्य)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī (Kaumārī/Yaśodā) shrine at Candrabhāgā precinct

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendraḥ / brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī stands victorious over symbolic demons; devotees receive her glance. A subtle motif shows Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the background as kin, reinforcing her identity as their sister.

Characters & Entities

• Keśin
• Daityas
• Rāma
• Kṛṣṇa
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Goddess at a sanctified site is portrayed as spiritually efficacious, granting fulfillment and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Devī-sthāna within the Dvārakā Māhātmya pilgrimage circuit, contiguous with the Candrabhāgā tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—reverent viewing/visitation of the deity as a devotional act.