Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यया संपूजितः शंभुः शीघ्रं यास्यति दर्शनम् । सा सौभाग्यवती नूनभावयोः संभविष्यति

Transliteration

yayā saṃpūjitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ śīghraṃ yāsyati darśanam | sā saubhāgyavatī nūnabhāvayoḥ saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

„Diejenige, durch die Śambhu vollkommen verehrt wird und die rasch seine Schau erlangt—sie allein, gewiss, wird unter uns beiden die wahrhaft Glückselige sein.“

Word by Word

• yayā: by whom
• yayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; य-प्रोनाउन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (by whom)

• saṃpūjitaḥ: worshipped well
• saṃpūjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pūjita (कृदन्त; सम् + पूजित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) from √pūj (पूज्) with prefix sam; विशेषण

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghram (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/शीघ्रम्)

• yāsyati: will grant/lead to (will go to)
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु; √या)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• darśanam: vision/audience
• darśanam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; स-प्रोनाउन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• saubhāgyavatī: fortunate
• saubhāgyavatī: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya-vatī (प्रातिपदिक; सौभाग्य + वत्/वती)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• nūna: surely
• nūna: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūna (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• bhāvayoḥ: of the two (states/persons)
• bhāvayoḥ: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive dual)

• saṃbhaviṣyati: will come to be/will happen
• saṃbhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-bhū (धातु; सम् + √भू)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Gaurī (direct speech, as introduced in the preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda liṅga-sthala (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī declares a decisive rule: the one who fully worships Śambhu and quickly attains his vision is the truly fortunate; the statement is delivered with calm authority, turning the dispute into a devotional test.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere and complete worship culminates in darśana, presented as the mark of highest spiritual fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the liṅga-sites later named Kaṭeśvara and Gaṅgeśvara, where such worship is exemplified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform thorough worship (saṃpūjā) of Śiva to obtain swift darśana.