Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि देवदेवजगत्पते

Transliteration

devyuvāca | etadvistarato brūhi devadevajagatpate

Translation

Die Göttin sprach: „Erläutere dies ausführlich, o Gott der Götter, Herr der Welten.“

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवदेवजगत्पते: O Lord of gods, Lord of the world
• देवदेवजगत्पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, with folded hands, urges Śiva to expand the brief numerical statement into a full teaching; the emotional tone is reverent insistence.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Jagatpati (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practice benefits from clarity: seekers should ask for detailed guidance rather than relying on vague generalities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a request to expand on the classifications of birth and giving.