Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

शृण्वंतु मुनयो वाक्यं मदीयं भर्तृसन्निधौ । यदहं वच्मि संतुष्टा वरदानाय चोद्यता

Transliteration

śṛṇvaṃtu munayo vākyaṃ madīyaṃ bhartṛsannidhau | yadahaṃ vacmi saṃtuṣṭā varadānāya codyatā

Translation

Mögen die Munis meine Worte in der Gegenwart meines Herrn vernehmen. Was ich spreche, in Zufriedenheit, bin ich bewegt, es zur Gewährung von Gaben zu verkünden.

Word by Word

• शृण्वन्तु: let (them) hear
• शृण्वन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• वाक्यम्: statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• मदीयम्: my
• मदीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) of वाक्यम्

• भर्तृ-सन्निधौ: in the presence of (my) husband
• भर्तृ-सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): भर्तुः सन्निधिः

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• वच्मि: I speak
• वच्मि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• सन्तुष्टा: satisfied
• सन्तुष्टा: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• वर-दानाय: for granting a boon
• वर-दानाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: वरस्य दानम्

• चोद्यता: ready, prompted
• चोद्यता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चोदित (कृदन्त; चुद् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; अर्थे ‘प्रवृत्ता/उद्यता’ (ready/impelled)

Speaker

Gāyatrī (direct speech within the narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gāyatrī addresses a gathered circle of sages, with Brahmā symbolically present; she is serene yet resolute, announcing she will speak for granting boons.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Sages (Munis)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is depicted as responsive to satisfaction and dharmic context, with boons announced publicly before sages as witnesses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the setting of the māhātmya in which these boons are being declared.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse frames an upcoming bestowal of fruits tied to devotion and worship.