Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । इति यत्प्रार्थितं सर्वं तद्दत्तं सर्वमेव हि । स्थानं च तस्य तद्ध्रौव्यं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | iti yatprārthitaṃ sarvaṃ taddattaṃ sarvameva hi | sthānaṃ ca tasya taddhrauvyaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „So ist alles, worum gebeten wurde, wahrlich vollständig gewährt. Und jener standhafte Ort, der ihm gehört—‚Dhrauvya‘—ist das höchste Reich Viṣṇus.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (quotative particle: thus)

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

• prārthitam: requested
• prārthitam: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√arth (अर्थ्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘requested’

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

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

• dattam: given
• dattam: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘given’

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

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

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

• sthānam: place, abode
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

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

• tasya: of that / of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive

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

• dhrauvyam: the Dhruva (steadfast) state/abode
• dhrauvyam: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhrauvya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘Dhruva-state/steadfastness’ (name/quality)

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Demonstrative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; qualifying ‘padam’

• padam: abode, state
• padam: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga (Somnātha/Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dhruva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks in blessing posture, light emanating from the liṅga; Dhruva receives assurance. Above, a symbolic ‘Dhrauvya’ star-like station shines, hinting at the supreme Viṣṇu abode.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Dhruva
• Viṣṇu (Paramam Padam)
• Dhrauvya (Dhruva-station)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure devotion is fulfilled completely; divine traditions converge in affirming an ultimate, steadfast abode beyond return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the narrative ground where Dhruva’s boon and enduring station are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a declaration of fulfilled prayer and the conferment of an enduring spiritual station.