Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते तु तदा देव्या तस्य राज्ञः कलेवरात् । निर्गता व्याधयस्तत्र अजारूपेण वै पृथक्

Transliteration

ityukte tu tadā devyā tasya rājñaḥ kalevarāt | nirgatā vyādhayastatra ajārūpeṇa vai pṛthak

Translation

جب دیوی نے یوں فرمایا تو تب راجہ کے جسم سے بیماریاں نکل آئیں؛ وہاں ہر ایک جدا جدا بکری کی صورت اختیار کیے ہوئے تھی۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• ukte: when it was said
• ukte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अन्वय/विरोधार्थक

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by the goddess)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (राजन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• kalevarāt: from the body
• kalevarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (कलेवर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान

• nirgatāḥ: gone out
• nirgatāḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + gam (निर् + गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (व्याधयः)

• vyādhayaḥ: diseases
• vyādhayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (व्याधि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• ajā-rūpeṇa: in the form of goats
• ajā-rūpeṇa: Karana (Manner/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajā (अजा प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (रूप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; अजाया रूपम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रकार/उपाधि-निर्देश

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: पृथक्त्ववाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the king’s body, dark vapors and then distinct goat-forms emerge and scatter, while the Devī stands luminous and composed; courtiers recoil in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Bhairavī)
• King
• Vyādhi (diseases)
• Ajā (goat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is depicted as concretely transformative—inner affliction is expelled and made powerless.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the healing miracle manifests.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; the verse narrates the result of the boon—diseases leaving the body.