Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

अहं त्राता च गन्धश्च त्वं तु निघ्राणमेव च । अहं स्पर्शयिता कर्ता स्पर्श्यस्त्वं सृष्टमेव च

Transliteration

ahaṃ trātā ca gandhaśca tvaṃ tu nighrāṇameva ca | ahaṃ sparśayitā kartā sparśyastvaṃ sṛṣṭameva ca

Translation

أنا الحامي، وأنا أيضًا العِطر؛ وأنتِ فعلُ الشمّ بعينه. أنا اللامسُ والفاعل؛ وأنتِ الملموسُ والعالَمُ المخلوقُ نفسُه—دلالةً على أنّ الحواسَّ وموضوعاتها مشبَعةٌ بالزوج الإلهي.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• trātā: protector
• trātā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trā (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• gandhaḥ: smell/fragrance
• gandhaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• nighrāṇam: smelling/olfaction
• nighrāṇam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ni√ghrā (धातु) + ana (कृदन्त/भाववाचक)
• Form: भाववाचक-नाम (action noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sparśayitā: one who causes touching/toucher
• sparśayitā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातोः कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kartā: doer/agent
• kartā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sparśyaḥ: touchable/that which is touched
• sparśyaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sparśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate adjective: ‘touchable’)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sṛṣṭam: created/that which is created
• sṛṣṭam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: incense smoke becomes visible ‘fragrance’, a devotee’s nose and hand are shown as luminous faculties; Śiva and Devī appear as subtle presences within the senses and the sensed world.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Parameśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Perception and the perceived are sacred; recognizing the divine in sensory life purifies experience into worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching tīrtha praised in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is mentioned.