Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वाऽह्वाप यामास पुत्रीं तां घनवाहनः । आहूता पितृमातृभ्यां त्वरिताऽगत्य सुन्दरि

Transliteration

ityuktvā'hvāpa yāmāsa putrīṃ tāṃ ghanavāhanaḥ | āhūtā pitṛmātṛbhyāṃ tvaritā'gatya sundari

Translation

Nachdem er so gesprochen hatte, ließ Ghanavāhana seine Tochter rufen. Von Vater und Mutter gerufen, kam das schöne Mädchen eilends herbei.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• ahvāpa: called, summoned
• ahvāpa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√hvā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yāmāsa: did (so), proceeded to (call)
• yāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु) + √as (धातु)
• Form: परिप्रयोगः (periphrastic perfect/लिट्-परस्मैपद): √yā (कृदन्त-आम) + अस्; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• putrīm: the daughter
• putrīm: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tām: that (her)
• tām: Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ghanavāhanaḥ: Ghanavāhana (proper name)
• ghanavāhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghana + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) — घनः (मेघः) वाहनं यस्य/घनवाहन (नाम)

• āhūtā: having been called
• āhūtā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√hū (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (putrī… āhūtā)

• pitṛmātṛbhyām: by (her) father and mother
• pitṛmātṛbhyām: Karaṇa (Agent/Instrument in passive; करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; समासः (द्वन्द्वः) = पितृ च मातृ च

• tvaritā: quickly, in haste
• tvaritā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying putrī implied)

• agatya: having come
• agatya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• sundari: O beautiful one
• sundari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditional frame: Sūta to the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ghanavāhana calls his daughter; she arrives swiftly, her beauty and auspicious presence emphasized as she enters the family assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Ghanavāhana
• Daughter
• Mother

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful responsiveness within the family is portrayed as part of dharmic culture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.