Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अपूजयदुमां देवीं सुभगा साऽभवत्ततः । इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं शक्तिसंभवम्

Transliteration

apūjayadumāṃ devīṃ subhagā sā'bhavattataḥ | iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ śaktisaṃbhavam

Translation

Sie verehrte die Göttin Umā, und dadurch wurde sie glückverheißend und vom Glück begünstigt. So ist, in Kürze, die Größe verkündet, die aus Śakti (der göttlichen Kraft) hervorgeht.

Word by Word

• अपूजयत्: worshipped
• अपूजयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• उमाम्: Umā
• उमाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुभगा: fortunate
• सुभगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (Quotative/End-marker)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (Ablatival adverb), क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्तिसंभवम्: arising from Śakti
• शक्तिसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive determinative): 'शक्तेः संभवः'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formerly afflicted woman completes Umā worship; her posture and attire shift to auspiciousness (saubhāgya), while the narrator concludes the Śakti-born greatness in brief.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Umā transforms misfortune into auspiciousness; the Purāṇa frames this as the manifest glory of Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Someśvara region), where the Śakti-related māhātmya is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Goddess Umā is explicitly stated as the transformative act.