Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स चेश्वरप्रसादेन मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

sa ceśvaraprasādena modate divi devavat

Translation

ঈশ্বৰৰ কৃপাৰে সি দেৱতাৰ দৰে স্বৰ্গত আনন্দেৰে মোদিত হয়।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• ईश्वरप्रसादेन: by the grace of the Lord
• ईश्वरप्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—ईश्वरस्य प्रसादः

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• देववत्: like a god
• देववत्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देव + वत् (तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक-तद्धितान्त ‘-वत्’ (like/as)

Speaker

Deductive (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bharateśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bharata in a celestial realm, radiant like a deva, receiving īśvara’s grace—suggested by a Śiva-linga aura or Śiva’s benign presence—amid heavenly gardens.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (īśvaraprasāda) is presented as the decisive cause of upliftment and heavenly well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Bharateśvara-māhātmya context of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it summarizes the fruit as heavenly joy through the Lord’s grace.