Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । वल्लभा भास्करस्यैव मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यसि

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | vallabhā bhāskarasyaiva matprasādādbhaviṣyasi

Translation

Īśvara sprach: Durch meine Gnade wirst du wahrlich die Geliebte Bhāskaras, der Sonne, werden.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (he said)

• vallabhā: beloved (wife)
• vallabhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vallabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• bhāskarasya: of Bhāskara (the Sun)
• bhāskarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (my)

• prasādāt: from (my) grace; by favor
• prasādāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (from/through grace)

• bhaviṣyasi: you will become
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (episode locus)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks a concise boon: by his grace, Prabhā will become the beloved of Bhāskara; the moment is intimate, authoritative, and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Prabhā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace responds to sincere devotion and austerity, restoring harmony and well-being in the devotee’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon is part of the Prabhāsa/Prabhāseśvara māhātmya narrative that establishes the sanctity and fame of the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it records the granting of a boon (vara) as the fruit of tapas and devotion.