Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दक्षयज्ञस्य विध्वंसे वीरभद्रसमन्विता । भद्रकाली महादेवी दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी

Transliteration

dakṣayajñasya vidhvaṃse vīrabhadrasamanvitā | bhadrakālī mahādevī dakṣayajñavināśinī

Translation

Khi lễ tế (yajña) của Dakṣa bị hủy diệt, có Vīrabhadra tháp tùng, Bhadrakālī—Đại Nữ Thần—đã trở thành Đấng phá tan yajña của Dakṣa.

Word by Word

• दक्षयज्ञस्य: of Dakṣa’s sacrifice
• दक्षयज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—दक्षस्य यज्ञः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• विध्वंसे: at the destruction
• विध्वंसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विध्वंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• वीरभद्रसमन्विता: accompanied by Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रसमन्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीरभद्र-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; वीरभद्र + समन्वित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भद्रकाली/महादेवी); समासः—वीरभद्रेण समन्विता (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• भद्रकाली: Bhadrakālī
• भद्रकाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रकाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• महादेवी: the great goddess
• महादेवी: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; भद्रकाली इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी: destroyer of Dakṣa’s sacrifice
• दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष-यज्ञ-विनाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; दक्ष + यज्ञ + विनाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् भद्रकाली/महादेवी; समासः—दक्षयज्ञस्य विनाशिनी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (context from previous verse continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrakālī (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic mythic tableau: Bhadrakālī with Vīrabhadra amid the shattered arena of Dakṣa’s yajña—broken pillars, overturned altars, fleeing priests—yet the goddess radiates righteous purpose; flames and storm-clouds frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrakālī
• Vīrabhadra
• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma in ritual (yajña without reverence and right intent) collapses; divine power restores cosmic order through Bhadrakālī and Vīrabhadra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhadrakālī’s seat in Prabhāsakṣetra, whose sanctity is linked to the Dakṣa-yajña episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides mythic identification and theological context for the shrine.