Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तदा देवी हर्षगद्गदया गिरा । तुष्टाव देवदेवेशं भक्त्या परमया युता

Transliteration

evamuktā tadā devī harṣagadgadayā girā | tuṣṭāva devadeveśaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutā

Translation

So angesprochen pries die Göttin damals—mit vor Freude stockender Stimme—den Herrn der Götter der Götter, erfüllt von höchster Hingabe.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्ता: having been addressed / spoken to
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवी)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

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

• हर्षगद्गदया: with a voice choked with joy
• हर्षगद्गदया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष + गद्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (गिरा)

• गिरा: by speech/voice
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• देवदेवेशम्: the Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (देवानां देवेशः)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (भक्त्या)

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवी)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of the māhātmya (within the Skanda narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, overwhelmed with joy, praises Devadeveśa; her posture is reverent, hands folded; Śiva receives the stuti with tranquil compassion; the Prabhāsa setting frames the devotional climax.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Devadeveśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge of a tīrtha and deity culminates in bhakti—devotional praise that transforms the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting where Devī responds devotionally to Śiva’s revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise (stuti/stotra) is exemplified as a devotional practice, though no formal vow is specified.