Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततो ददौ वरं तुष्टः पूर्वचन्द्रस्य शूलधृक् । यस्मादाराधितोऽहं ते सोम भक्त्या चिरन्तनम्

Transliteration

tato dadau varaṃ tuṣṭaḥ pūrvacandrasya śūladhṛk | yasmādārādhito'haṃ te soma bhaktyā cirantanam

Translation

Darauf gewährte der Dreizackträger, erfreut, dem früheren Candra einen Segen: „Weil du, o Soma, mich mit uralter, standhafter Hingabe (Bhakti) verehrt hast.“

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = thereafter/then

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased, satisfied
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धा॒तु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• pūrvacandrasya: of Pūrvacandra
• pūrvacandrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास; पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• śūladhṛk: the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• śūladhṛk: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + dhṛ (धा॒तु)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (शूलं धरति इति); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yasmāt: because of which / since
• yasmāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन

• ārādhitaḥ: worshipped, propitiated
• ārādhitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धा॒तु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहं’ इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषण

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• soma: O Soma (Moon)
• soma: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• cirantanam: for a long time, enduringly
• cirantanam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cirantana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अव्ययार्थे) दीर्घकालपर्यन्तम् इत्यर्थे क्रियाविशेषणवत्

Speaker

Soma (Candra) quoting Śiva (Śūladhṛk) within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, trident in hand, stands before Soma; Soma bows with folded hands; the moment of boon-granting is captured with a calm yet powerful aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūladhṛk)
• Soma/Candra
• Boon (Vara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion (bhakti) and worship (ārādhana) move the Lord to grant grace; the narrative frames Śiva’s boon as a response to enduring faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Soma’s worship and Śiva’s favor are situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) is referenced as the efficacious practice.