Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तथापि ते प्रवक्ष्यामि संक्षेपाच्छुणु पार्वति

Transliteration

tathāpi te pravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepācchuṇu pārvati

Translation

তথাপি মই তোমাক সংক্ষিপ্তকৈ ক’ম; শুনা, হে পাৰ্বতী।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• अपि: even so, nevertheless
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अपवादार्थे ‘nevertheless’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनस्य रूपम् (ते = त्वाम्/तुभ्यम् इत्यर्थे वैदिक/काव्यप्रयोगः); श्रोत्री-सम्बोधनस्य कर्मरूपेण

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• संक्षेपात्: briefly, in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे ‘संक्षेपेण’ इत्यर्थे

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnata / Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva reassures Pārvatī that he will narrate briefly; Pārvatī leans forward in attentive listening; the scene is calm, poised at the threshold of the main legend.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine teaching adapts to the listener—brevity can preserve essence and aid remembrance of sacred lore.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It is a transition verse within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, leading into the description of Unnata/Mahodaya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction to listen attentively.