Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तपसाऽराधयामास बहून्वर्षगणान्प्रिये । तस्य तुष्टो महादेवः सुप्रीतात्मा वरं ददौ

Transliteration

tapasā'rādhayāmāsa bahūnvarṣagaṇānpriye | tasya tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ suprītātmā varaṃ dadau

Translation

O Geliebte, durch Askese verehrte er (Śiva) viele Jahre lang. Mahādeva, zufrieden und im Herzen höchst erfreut, gewährte ihm eine Gnade.

Word by Word

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ārādhayāmāsa: propitiated
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rādh/राध् (धातु) with ā + causative? (denominative/causative stem ārādhaya-)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘आराधयामास’ = ‘worshipped/propitiated’

• bahūn: many
• bahūn: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; varṣagaṇān इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• varṣagaṇān: groups of years (many years)
• varṣagaṇān: Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ/तुष्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense ‘pleased’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; mahādevaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-deva (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• suprītātmā: whose heart was very pleased
• suprītātmā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-prīta-ātman (प्रातिपदिक; सु + प्रीत + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य आत्मा सुप्रीतः सः’

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee performs severe tapas at Prabhāsa for many years—matted hair, austere posture—until Mahādeva appears, serene yet majestic, granting a boon with a raised hand.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Bhūmiputra (Aṅgāraka/Maṅgala)
• Devī (addressed as priye)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained tapas and worship mature into divine favor; the tīrtha setting amplifies the Purāṇic promise of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the narrative frame for Aṅgāreśvara’s origin and merit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The principle of long-term tapas/ārādhana (austerity-based worship) as a means to obtain Śiva’s boon.