Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ततः प्रत्यक्षतां यातः सर्वदेवपतिः शिवः । तुष्टो बभूव चंद्रस्य क्षयनाशं तथाऽकरोत्

Transliteration

tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ yātaḥ sarvadevapatiḥ śivaḥ | tuṣṭo babhūva caṃdrasya kṣayanāśaṃ tathā'karot

Translation

Dann wurde Śiva, der Herr aller Götter, sichtbar gegenwärtig. Wohlgefällig gestimmt, beendete er Chandras Schwinden.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• प्रत्यक्षताम्: manifestation, visibility
• प्रत्यक्षताम्: Gati-karma (Goal/गतिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यातः: having come/attained
• यातः: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (gone/attained)

• सर्वदेवपतिः: lord of all gods
• सर्वदेवपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (pleased)

• बभूव: became, was
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चन्द्रस्य: of the Moon
• चन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• क्षयनाशम्: decay and destruction
• क्षयनाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• अकरोत्: removed/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Guptēśvara/Soma episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame); within verse, address continues toward Devī in later verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears directly before the waning Moon-god; the pale Soma regains luster as Śiva’s compassionate gaze ends the wasting away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Candra/Soma
• Devagupteśvara (context)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady tapas in a sanctified place culminates in Śiva’s direct grace, which heals decline and restores divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devagupteśvara/Prabhāsa Kṣetra as the setting where Śiva manifests to bless Soma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the narrative emphasizes tapas leading to Śiva’s anugraha (grace).