Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अजःपुत्रो रघोश्चापि तस्माद्यश्चातिवीर्यवान् । स भैरवीं समाराध्य कृत्वा व्याधीनजागणान्

Transliteration

ajaḥputro raghoścāpi tasmādyaścātivīryavān | sa bhairavīṃ samārādhya kṛtvā vyādhīnajāgaṇān

Translation

اج بھی رَگھو کا بیٹا تھا؛ اور اس سے ایک نہایت زورآور مہابلی پیدا ہوا۔ اس نے بھَیروی دیوی کی عبادت کی اور یوں بیماریوں کو بکریوں کے ریوڑ کی مانند بےشمار کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• अजःपुत्रः: son of Aja
• अजःपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; अज + पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रघोः: of Raghu
• रघोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार) particle

• तस्मात्: from him
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

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

• अतिवीर्यवान्: very powerful
• अतिवीर्यवान्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक; अति + वीर्यवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भैरवीम्: Bhairavī (goddess)
• भैरवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समाराध्य: having propitiated
• समाराध्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु) + समाराध्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• व्याधीन्: diseases
• व्याधीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अजागणान्: groups of goats
• अजागणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजा-गण (प्रातिपदिक; अजा + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); Bhairavī-sthāna (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A heroic king performs intense worship of Bhairavī; dark, radiant goddess presence; diseases personified dissolve and reappear as a herd of goats, symbolizing transmutation of suffering into harmless forms.

Characters & Entities

• Aja
• Raghu
• Bhairavī
• vyādhi (diseases)
• ajā-gaṇa (herd of goats)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Propitiation of the Goddess (Bhairavī) is portrayed as power to transform suffering itself, converting affliction into a manageable, even nourishing form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking Devī-upāsanā and its fruits to the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhairavī samārādhanā (devotional propitiation of Bhairavī) is referenced as the efficacious act behind the transformation.