Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततोऽब्रवीत्सुतं देव ममैव गात्रलेपजम् । देहि देव वरानित्थं महत्त्वं येन गच्छति

Transliteration

tato'bravītsutaṃ deva mamaiva gātralepajam | dehi deva varānitthaṃ mahattvaṃ yena gacchati

Translation

Dann sprach sie zum Gott: „Dieser Sohn ist aus der Salbe meines eigenen Leibes hervorgegangen. O Deva, gewähre ihm Gaben, damit er zur Größe gelangt.“

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुतम्: to the son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गात्रलेपजम्: born from the body-ointment
• गात्रलेपजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लेप (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गात्र-लेपात् जातम्’ (born from body-ointment)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• इत्थम्: thus, in this way
• इत्थम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• महत्त्वम्: greatness
• महत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• गच्छति: attains, goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pārvatī (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda/Arbudācala

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (nagātmajā) presents a child formed from her body-unguent, petitioning Śiva to grant boons that establish the child’s future greatness; Skanda’s presence is implied as a divine witness/participant.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Gaurī)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greatness (mahattva) is framed as a divine blessing aligned with dharma, granted by Śiva at the Goddess’s request.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly glorified in this verse; it continues the mythic account within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for divine boons.