Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यच्च ते मनसा किञ्चित्कांक्षितं फलमुत्तमम् । तत्सर्वं ते प्रदास्यामि ब्रूहि शीघ्रं ममाग्रतः

Transliteration

yacca te manasā kiñcitkāṃkṣitaṃ phalamuttamam | tatsarvaṃ te pradāsyāmi brūhi śīghraṃ mamāgrataḥ

Translation

„Welchen höchsten Segen du auch in deinem Herzen begehrt hast—sprich ihn rasch vor Mir aus. Ich werde dir all dies gewähren.“

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun (यद्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• te: to you / your
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun ‘ते’ (your/to you)

• manasā: by (your) mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental

• kiñcit: any (something)
• kiñcit: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; indefinite pronoun

• kāṃkṣitam: desired
• kāṃkṣitam: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāṅkṣ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘desired’

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• uttamam: best, supreme
• uttamam: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; superlative sense

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative ‘to you’

• pradāsyāmi: I shall give
• pradāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (दा, धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• brūhi: tell (speak)
• brūhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू, धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive ‘of me/my’

• agrataḥ: in front (of)
• agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agrataḥ (अव्यय; agra + tas)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), speaking to Dhruva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, standing or seated in radiant form, asks the devotee to state his innermost desired supreme fruit; the devotee stands in humility, ready to speak his boon.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Dhruva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is responsive and personal; after devotion matures, the devotee is invited to state the highest aim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, framed as a setting where Śiva directly grants desired fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a dialogue about boon-granting following devotion.