Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पुनश्च देवदेवेश त्वद्वाक्यामृतरंजिता । न तृप्तिमधिगच्छामि देवदेव महेश्वर

Transliteration

punaśca devadeveśa tvadvākyāmṛtaraṃjitā | na tṛptimadhigacchāmi devadeva maheśvara

Translation

Und dennoch, o Herr der Götter—entzückt vom Nektar deiner Worte—gelange ich nicht zur Sättigung, o Gott der Götter, o Maheśvara.

Word by Word

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Discourse adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक) — adverb “again”

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय — conjunction “and”

• deva-deva-īśa: O Lord of the god of gods
• deva-deva-īśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• tvad-vākya-amṛta-raṃjitā: delighted by the nectar of your words
• tvad-vākya-amṛta-raṃjitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + raṃjitā (कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — adjective/predicate to implied ‘aham’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वद्वाक्यस्य अमृतम्) + तत्पुरुषः (अमृतेन रञ्जिता)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• adhigacchāmi: I attain
• adhigacchāmi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi+√gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative 1st sg

• deva-deva: O god of gods
• deva-deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः)

• mahā-īśvara: O Great Lord
• mahā-īśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular; कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, radiant and eager, confesses she cannot be satisfied by Śiva’s nectar-like words; Śiva remains composed, ready to continue the revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devadeveśa, Maheśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred discourse is ‘amṛta’; devotion grows by continued listening rather than reaching boredom or satiety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Prabhāsa-kṣetra teaching context, though the verse highlights the sweetness of instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, continued śravaṇa (listening) to dharmic teaching.