Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एवं ते कथितो देवि गोप्यादित्यसमुद्भवः । माहात्म्यं तस्य ते वच्मि पूजावन्दनजं क्रमात्

Transliteration

evaṃ te kathito devi gopyādityasamudbhavaḥ | māhātmyaṃ tasya te vacmi pūjāvandanajaṃ kramāt

Translation

So, o Göttin, habe ich dir den Ursprung von „Gopyāditya“ dargelegt. Nun will ich dir der Reihe nach seine Größe verkünden, die aus Verehrung und ehrfürchtiger Verneigung erwächst.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (Singular)

• कथितः: told/related
• कथितः: Karma (Predicate participle/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative) एकवचन

• गोपि-आदित्य-समुद्भवः: the origin/manifestation of Gopī-Aditya
• गोपि-आदित्य-समुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपि (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गोप्याः आदित्यस्य समुद्भवः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन

• वच्मि: I tell
• वच्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूजा-वन्दन-जम्: arising from worship and salutation
• पूजा-वन्दन-जम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (पूजावन्दनयोः जातम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माहात्म्यम्)

• क्रमात्: in due order/step by step
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (adverbial: ‘in order/stepwise’)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: narration to Devī within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopyāditya (Prabhāsa/Mitravana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene: Skanda as narrator addressing Devī, with palm-leaf manuscript or gesture of instruction, while the sacred grove/shrine is hinted in the background—signaling a transition to ritual praise.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Gopyāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames spiritual benefit as flowing from ordered devotion—worship (pūjā) and respectful salutations (vandana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the specific manifestation titled Gopyāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (ritual worship) and vandana (salutation) are indicated as the devotional means whose fruits will be described.