Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टासि मे देवि वरार्हो यदि वाप्यहम् । सर्वे रोगाः शरीरान्मे नाशं यांतु बहिः कृताः

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭāsi me devi varārho yadi vāpyaham | sarve rogāḥ śarīrānme nāśaṃ yāṃtu bahiḥ kṛtāḥ

Translation

“اے دیوی، اگر تو مجھ سے خوش ہے اور اگر میں ور پانے کے لائق ہوں، تو میرے جسم سے سب بیماریاں باہر نکال دی جائیں اور فنا کو پہنچ جائیں۔”

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवि-सम्बन्धि)

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: to me / for me
• me: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (genitive/dative enclitic usage)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• vara-arhaḥ: worthy of a boon
• vara-arhaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक) + arha (अर्ह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; वरस्य अर्हः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहम्-सम्बन्धि)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (emphatic/additive particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रोगाः)

• rogāḥ: diseases
• rogāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (रोग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• śarīrāt: from (my) body
• śarīrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (शरीर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati/Karman (Goal as object/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (नाश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yāntu: may they go
• yāntu: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kṛtāḥ: made (to be)
• kṛtāḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (रोगाः)

Speaker

The King (rājā / rājarṣi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhairavī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, still bowed, articulates his boon: diseases leaving his body like dark shadows expelled; the Devī’s aura purifies the space, suggesting imminent healing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Bhairavī)
• Roga (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering is brought before the Divine with faith; grace is sought not as entitlement but as a boon grounded in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the king petitions the Goddess after prolonged worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct boon-request (vara-prārthanā) following worship; the specific ritual items are not stated.