Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अजारूपांश्च रोगान्वै चारयामास भूमिपः । तत्र तां स्थापयामास स्वनाम्ना पापनाशिनीम्

Transliteration

ajārūpāṃśca rogānvai cārayāmāsa bhūmipaḥ | tatra tāṃ sthāpayāmāsa svanāmnā pāpanāśinīm

Translation

بادشاہ نے بکریوں کی صورت اختیار کرنے والی بیماریوں کو بھگا دیا؛ اور وہیں اس نے گناہ ناشنی دیوی کو اپنے ہی نام سے قائم کیا۔

Word by Word

• अजारूपान्: goat-formed
• अजारूपान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजा-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अजाया रूपम् इव)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रोगान्: diseases
• रोगान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• चारयामास: made (them) move / drove about
• चारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लिट् (परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect; narrative past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त—‘चालयामास/चरितुम् अकारयत्’

• भूमिपः: the king
• भूमिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः पः/पालः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थापयामास: established / installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लिट् (परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect; narrative past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त—‘स्थापितवान्/स्थापयत्’

• स्वनाम्ना: by his own name
• स्वनाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य नाम्ना)

• पापनाशिनीम्: the destroyer of sin
• पापनाशिनीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य नाशिनी)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajāpāleśvarī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Ajāpāla confronts goat-shaped diseases fleeing across the land; the Devī’s radiance drives them away; a consecration scene follows where the Devī is स्थापित (installed) and named Ajāpāleśvarī; attendants perform āratī.

Characters & Entities

• Ajāpāla
• Ajāpāleśvarī (Devī)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace transforms affliction into liberation; establishing a deity at a tīrtha anchors ongoing welfare for future devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ajāpāleśvarī’s sacred स्थापना (installation) site in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act implied is deity installation/establishment (sthāpanā) and continued worship at the installed shrine.