Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । कुमार वयसा युक्तो जरायुक्तकलेवरः । प्रसादात्स्यां हि ते देव यदि तुष्टो दिवाकर

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | kumāra vayasā yukto jarāyuktakalevaraḥ | prasādātsyāṃ hi te deva yadi tuṣṭo divākara

Translation

Nārada sprach: O Gott — o Divākara — wenn Du zufrieden bist, so möge ich durch Deine Gnade jugendliches Alter besitzen, obgleich ich noch einen gealterten Leib trage.

Word by Word

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kumāraḥ: a youth
• kumāraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vayasā: by age; in age
• vayasā: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vayas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• yuktaḥ: endowed; possessed
• yuktaḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (yuj धातु-क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (kumāraḥ)

• jarā-yukta-kalevaraḥ: one whose body is joined with old age
• jarā-yukta-kalevaraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जरया युक्तं कलेवरं यस्य)

• prasādāt: by (your) grace
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• syām: may I be
• syām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/indeed)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional particle: ‘if’)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of implied ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (तुष् धातु-क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (त्वं) इत्यध्याहृतस्य विशेषण

• divākara: O Divākara (Sun)
• divākara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (Divākara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, with vīṇā and ascetic marks, petitions Sūrya for a strange boon: youthful vigor within an aged frame—suggesting inner radiance despite outer wrinkles.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Divākara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A boon is sought not merely for pleasure but as a divine rearrangement of life-conditions through grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Sūrya’s boon-bestowing power is narrated as part of the site’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records the specific boon request made during the divine encounter.