Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आराधिताऽसौ भीमेन कृत्वा क्षेत्रस्य रक्षणम् । महानवम्यां यत्नेन यस्तां पूजयते नरः । तं पुत्रमिव कल्याणी रक्षते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

ārādhitā'sau bhīmena kṛtvā kṣetrasya rakṣaṇam | mahānavamyāṃ yatnena yastāṃ pūjayate naraḥ | taṃ putramiva kalyāṇī rakṣate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

她曾为毗摩所礼敬，因他承担守护圣域之责。凡人若于摩诃那婆弥日恭谨供奉她，吉祥女神迦利耶尼必如护子般护佑其人——此无疑也。

Word by Word

• ārādhitā: worshipped, propitiated
• ārādhitā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārādhita (कृदन्त; √rādh/राध्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) — Feminine, Nominative Singular; past passive participle

• asau: she/that (one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Feminine, Nominative Singular; pronoun

• bhīmena: by Bhīma
• bhīmena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental Singular

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having done

• kṣetrasya: of the sacred place/field
• kṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive Singular

• rakṣaṇam: protection
• rakṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √rakṣ/रक्ष्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative Singular

• mahānavamyām: on Mahānavamī (the great ninth day)
• mahānavamyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahānavamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative Singular

• yatnena: with effort
• yatnena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental Singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun) — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative Singular

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद-रूपं? (आत्मनेपद actually), प्रथमपुरुष?; यथार्थम्: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative Singular

• putram: son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative Singular

• iva: like, as
• iva: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• kalyāṇī: Kalyāṇī (the auspicious goddess)
• kalyāṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative Singular; (देवी-नाम)

• rakṣate: protects
• rakṣate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rakṣ (रक्ष्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kauraveśvarī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma, having taken up the protection of the sacred field, worships Kauraveśvarī; later devotees worship her on Mahānavamī and receive her motherly protection.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Kauraveśvarī
• Mahānavamī
• Kṣetra (sacred field)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere festival-day worship (with yatna) draws the Goddess’s maternal protection and steadiness in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kauraveśvarī’s sacred locale within Prabhāsakṣetra, framed as a protected ‘kṣetra’ associated with Bhīma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of Kauraveśvarī on Mahānavamī with special care and devotion.