Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वर्षाणां च शतं साग्रं कृते तपसि दुश्चरे । तुतोष भगवान्रुद्रो धरित्रीं वाक्यमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

varṣāṇāṃ ca śataṃ sāgraṃ kṛte tapasi duścare | tutoṣa bhagavānrudro dharitrīṃ vākyamabravīt

Translation

Als etwas mehr als hundert Jahre in schwerer Askese vollbracht waren, war der Herr Rudra zufrieden und sprach Worte zu Dharitrī (der Erde).

Word by Word

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Measure/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular (here: measure)

• साग्रम्: and more (with an excess)
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक: स + अग्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agreeing with शतम्; विशेषण; अर्थः "अधिकम्"

• कृते: when performed
• कृते: Adhikarana (Circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used locatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative absolute sense: "when (it was) done"

• तपसि: in austerity, in penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• दुश्चरे: hard to perform
• दुश्चरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुश्चर (प्रातिपदिक: दुष् + चर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular; विशेषण (qualifying तपसि)

• तुतोष: was satisfied
• तुतोष: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — "was pleased"

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; भगवान् इति विशेष्य

• धरित्रीम्: Dharitrī (Earth-goddess)
• धरित्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• वाक्यम्: words, a statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — "said/spoke"

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After prolonged austerity beside the installed liṅga, Rudra manifests—radiant, ash-smeared, trident-bearing—speaking compassionate words to Dharitrī.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Dharitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained tapas, even when difficult, culminates in divine grace (tṛpti/tuṣṭi) and direct guidance from the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where tapas is shown to yield Śiva’s direct favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Long-term tapas (austerity) is highlighted; the verse frames it as a practice that pleases Rudra.