Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तस्यैवं जपतो देवि देविकायास्तटे शुभे । अनिशं गुरु भक्तस्य समाधिः समपद्यत

Transliteration

tasyaivaṃ japato devi devikāyāstaṭe śubhe | aniśaṃ guru bhaktasya samādhiḥ samapadyata

Translation

O Göttin, als er so am glückverheißenden Ufer der Devikā fortwährend Japa übte, gelangte der stets wachsame Verehrer des Guru von selbst zu festem Samādhi, ununterbrochen und fortdauernd.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• जपतः: of (him) chanting
• जपतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• देविकायाः: of Devikā (river)
• देविकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देविका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (of तटे)

• अनिशम्: constantly
• अनिशम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: continually)

• गुरुभक्तस्य: of the guru-devotee
• गुरुभक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• समाधिः: concentration; samādhi
• समाधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समपद्यत: arose/occurred; was attained
• समपद्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-taṭa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (explicitly addressed: devi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the auspicious bank of the Devikā, the guru-devoted practitioner continues japa day and night; his posture becomes utterly still as continuous samādhi arises.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā (river)
• Guru
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unbroken japa, when supported by sincere devotion to the Guru, ripens into effortless samādhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious bank of the Devikā river within the Prabhāsakṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous mantra-japa (repetition) performed at a sanctified riverbank, grounded in guru-devotion.