Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एषा दत्ता सुता तुभ्यं परिणेष्यामि तामहम् । देवानां कार्य्यसिद्ध्यर्थं गिरिराजो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

eṣā dattā sutā tubhyaṃ pariṇeṣyāmi tāmaham | devānāṃ kāryyasiddhyarthaṃ girirājo bhaviṣyasi

Translation

„Diese Tochter ist dir gegeben; ich werde sie heimführen. Zur Vollendung des Werkes der Götter wirst du zum König der Berge werden.“

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव

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

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• परिणेष्यामि: I will marry (lead around in marriage)
• परिणेष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कार्य्य-सिद्धि-अर्थम्: for accomplishing the gods' task
• कार्य्य-सिद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-प्राय: कार्य्यसिद्धेः अर्थः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभूतं प्रयोजनवाचकम् (for the sake of)

• गिरिराजः: king of mountains
• गिरिराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गिरिणां राजा); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Hara/Maheśvara) speaking to Himavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (as narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, radiant, declares the boon: the daughter will be given and married by Him; Himavān is elevated as Girirāja for the gods’ purpose—an investiture scene amid mountains and divine witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Himavān
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Daughter (Pārvatī/Bhavānī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine events unfold for loka-saṅgraha—cosmic welfare—where personal boons align with the gods’ larger purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement appears within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, a sacred-place narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse conveys a divine decree/boon concerning marriage and cosmic purpose.