Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तोषयामास देवेशं भवं शर्वमुमापतिम् । प्राप्तवानखिलान्कामानप्राप्यानकृतात्मभिः

Transliteration

toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim | prāptavānakhilānkāmānaprāpyānakṛtātmabhiḥ

Translation

Er erfreute den Herrn der Götter — Bhava, Śarva, den Gemahl Umās — und erlangte alle Wünsche, selbst jene, die einem ungezügelten Geist unerreichbar sind.

Word by Word

• toṣayāmāsa: pleased (propitiated)
• toṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) णिच् (causative) + लिट्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (causative): ‘caused to be pleased’

• deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• bhavam: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; शिवनाम

• śarvam: Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; शिवनाम

• umāpatim: the husband of Umā
• umāpatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā-pati (प्रातिपदिक; उमा + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; शिवनाम

• prāptavān: obtained
• prāptavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle used finitely); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘having obtained/obtained’

• akhilān: all
• akhilān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—kāmān इति विशेषणम्

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म (prāptavān इत्यस्य)

• aprāpyān: unattainable
• aprāpyān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + prāpya (कृदन्त; pra-āp (धातु) यत्/ण्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; नञ्-पूर्वकं कृदन्तविशेषणम्—kāmān इति विशेषणम् (‘unattainable’)

• akṛta-ātmabhiḥ: by the undisciplined (people)
• akṛta-ātmabhiḥ: Karana (Agent/instrumental association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-kṛta + ātman (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + कृत + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘अकृतात्मानः’ (uncontrolled/undisciplined persons); तृतीया हेतौ/सह—‘by/for those’

Speaker

Śiva (continuing narration to Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga of Devācārya/Bṛhaspati

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devācārya completes intense worship; Śiva as Bhava/Śarva/Umāpati is envisioned as pleased—radiant, calm, granting boons; the contrast is implied with shadowy figures of ‘akṛtātmā’ who cannot attain such fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Bhava/Śarva/Umāpati)
• Umā
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True attainments come from pleasing Śiva through devotion and inner discipline; the unrefined cannot reach such fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Kṣetra liṅga-shrine context where this worship took place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit: sustained worship that ‘pleases’ Śiva (toṣaṇa) as the criterion of successful practice.