Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अपूजयदुमां देवीं सुभगा साऽभवत्ततः । इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं शक्तिसंभवम्

Transliteration

apūjayadumāṃ devīṃ subhagā sā'bhavattataḥ | iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ śaktisaṃbhavam

Translation

সে দেবী উমার পূজা করল, এবং তদনন্তর সে সৌভাগ্যবতী হল। এভাবে শক্তি-সম্ভূত মাহাত্ম্য সংক্ষেপে বলা হল।

Word by Word

• अपूजयत्: worshipped
• अपूजयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• उमाम्: Umā
• उमाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुभगा: fortunate
• सुभगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (Quotative/End-marker)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (Ablatival adverb), क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्तिसंभवम्: arising from Śakti
• शक्तिसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive determinative): 'शक्तेः संभवः'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formerly afflicted woman completes Umā worship; her posture and attire shift to auspiciousness (saubhāgya), while the narrator concludes the Śakti-born greatness in brief.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Umā transforms misfortune into auspiciousness; the Purāṇa frames this as the manifest glory of Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Someśvara region), where the Śakti-related māhātmya is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Goddess Umā is explicitly stated as the transformative act.