Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एतत्कथय देवेश दयां कृत्वा मम प्रभो

Transliteration

etatkathaya deveśa dayāṃ kṛtvā mama prabho

Translation

হে দেবেশ, হে আমার প্রভু, দয়া করে এ কথা আমাকে বলুন।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• कथय: tell
• कथय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; णिच् causative of कथ्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘देवानाम् ईशः’

• दयाम्: compassion
• दयाम्: Karma (Object of absolutive-construction/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having shown/done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक—‘having done’

• मम: of me / to me
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• प्रभो: O master
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī), requesting Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief, intense plea: the devotee asks the Lord of gods to explain, moved by compassion—hands folded, head bowed before the liṅga and the teaching deity.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Śiva)
• Prabhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge in Purāṇic tradition is received through humility and earnest supplication.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it is an appeal for instruction about worship and observance.