Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यदा दुःखमनुप्राप्ता दुर्गा दुःखविनाशिनी । सूर्यमाराधयामास तदा दुःखविनुत्तये

Transliteration

yadā duḥkhamanuprāptā durgā duḥkhavināśinī | sūryamārādhayāmāsa tadā duḥkhavinuttaye

Translation

Khi nỗi khổ ập đến, Durgā—đấng diệt trừ khổ đau—bấy giờ đã phụng thờ Thần Mặt Trời (Sūrya) để khiến khổ ấy được tiêu tan.

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• duḥkham: sorrow; suffering
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• anuprāptā: having come upon; having reached
• anuprāptā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√prāp (धातु) → anuprāpta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'having obtained/come upon' (agreeing with durgā)

• durgā: Durgā
• durgā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• duḥkha-vināśinī: destroyer of sorrow
• duḥkha-vināśinī: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'of sorrow' + 'destroyer'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem., nom. sg.)

• sūryam: the Sun (god)
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc., accusative singular)

• ārādhayāmāsa: worshipped
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended here; 'worshipped'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• duḥkha-vinuttaye: for the removal of sorrow
• duḥkha-vinuttaye: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन-सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + vinutti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('of sorrow' + 'removal/cessation'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन (fem., dative singular)

Speaker

Narration within Īśvara’s discourse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durgā, momentarily burdened by distress, stands in austere posture facing the rising Sun, offering arghya; her lion waits quietly; the sky glows as her suffering begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Sūrya
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings model dharma: turning to disciplined worship (ārādhanā) as a remedy for duḥkha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative supports the Durgāditya site in Prabhāsa-kṣetra by explaining its sacred backstory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sūrya-ārādhanā (Sun worship) is indicated as the practice associated with removing distress.