Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । देवदेव जगन्नाथ भक्तानुग्रहकारक । समस्तज्ञानसंपन्न नमस्तेऽस्तु महेश्वर

Transliteration

devyuvāca | devadeva jagannātha bhaktānugrahakāraka | samastajñānasaṃpanna namaste'stu maheśvara

Translation

Die Göttin sprach: O Gott der Götter, Herr der Welt, Spender von Gnade für die Bhaktas. O Mahēśvara, erfüllt von allem Wissen, Dir sei mein ehrfürchtiger Gruß.

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• देवदेव: O god of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• जगन्नाथ: O lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भक्तानुग्रहकारक: O doer of grace to devotees
• भक्तानुग्रहकारक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त + अनुग्रह + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• समस्तज्ञानसंपन्न: O endowed with all knowledge
• समस्तज्ञानसंपन्न: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त + ज्ञान + संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the addressed deity)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महेश्वर: O Great Lord
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Mahēśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī offers reverent salutations to Mahēśvara, praising him as Devadeva, Jagannātha, and the compassionate benefactor of devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching sacred knowledge begins with humility and praise, acknowledging Śiva as the source of grace and omniscience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The praise occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative leading into Somēśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional act (stuti/namaskāra) is implied; no specific external rite is prescribed.