Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

श्वेतमूर्धा श्वेतमाली जयन्तानुचराश्च ते । एते शस्त्रोद्यतकरा रक्षन्ते तमहर्निशम्

Transliteration

śvetamūrdhā śvetamālī jayantānucarāśca te | ete śastrodyatakarā rakṣante tamaharniśam

Translation

شویت مُوردھا اور شویت مالی بھی جینت کے خادم ہیں۔ یہ سب ہاتھوں میں ہتھیار اٹھائے اُس (نگری) کی دن رات نگہبانی کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• śvetamūrdhā: Śvetamūrdhā (name)
• śvetamūrdhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta-mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक; श्वेत + मूर्धन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śvetamālī: Śvetamālī (name)
• śvetamālī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta-mālin (प्रातिपदिक; श्वेत + मालिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• jayantānucarāḥ: attendants of Jayanta
• jayantānucarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayanta-anucara (प्रातिपदिक; जयन्त + अनुचर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• śastrodyatakarāḥ: with hands raised holding weapons; weapon-ready
• śastrodyatakarāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śastra-udyata-kara (प्रातिपदिक; शस्त्र + उद्यत + कर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्; (udyata = past passive participle from उद्-यम्)

• rakṣante: they protect
• rakṣante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• aharniśam: day and night
• aharniśam: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ahar-niśā (प्रातिपदिक; अहः + निशा)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग: ‘day and night’

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śvetamūrdhā and Śvetamālī, attendants of Jayanta, stand as pale/white-marked sentinels; a rotating guard keeps watch with weapons raised through day and night.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Jayanta
• Śvetamūrdhā
• Śvetamālī
• Dvārakā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is continuously guarded; remembrance of the guardians affirms the ever-active protection surrounding dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, portrayed as perpetually protected by divine attendants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; the verse supports the broader instruction to acknowledge Jayanta’s attendants.