Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

युवानं रूपसंपन्नं करिष्यावः पतिं तव । ततस्तस्यावयोश्चैव पतिमेकतमं वृणु

Transliteration

yuvānaṃ rūpasaṃpannaṃ kariṣyāvaḥ patiṃ tava | tatastasyāvayoścaiva patimekatamaṃ vṛṇu

Translation

„Wir werden deinen Gatten jugendlich machen und mit Schönheit ausstatten. Dann wähle aus uns einen als deinen Gemahl.“

Word by Word

• युवानम्: a young (man)
• युवानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• रूपसंपन्नम्: endowed with beauty
• रूपसंपन्नम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप + संपन्न (कृदन्त; √पद्/√पन् ‘सम्+पद्’ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘रूपेण संपन्नः’)

• करिष्यावः: we two will make
• करिष्यावः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, द्विवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• तव: for you/your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (सम्बन्ध)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तर-निर्देशक (thereupon/then)

• तस्य: of that (one)
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम्

• आवयोः: of us two
• आवयोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनम् (context: ‘of us two’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• एकतमम्: one (of the two)
• एकतमम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘one of the two/one among’ (superlative-like)

• वृणु: choose
• वृणु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु; ‘choose’)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

The Aśvinīkumāras

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/seekers (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Aśvinīkumāras promise to make Cyavana youthful and beautiful, then demand Sukanyā choose between them—setting up a dharma-based identification challenge; the scene glows with divine medicinal power.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvinīkumāras
• Sukanyā
• Cyavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power can alter circumstances, yet dharma is proven by right choice, not by external appearance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the sanctified setting where divine intervention is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it foreshadows a sacred-water act (entering the waters) in subsequent verses.