Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे तुष्टुवुस्तां सुरेश्वरीम् । अब्रुवंश्च वरं ब्रूहि यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते

Transliteration

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve tuṣṭuvustāṃ sureśvarīm | abruvaṃśca varaṃ brūhi yatte manasi varttate

Translation

Then all the hosts of gods praised that Supreme Goddess. They said, “Declare the boon—whatever desire abides in your heart.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय = then

• deva-gaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• deva-gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; देवाणां गणाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• tuṣṭuvuḥ: praised
• tuṣṭuvuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘praised’

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘her’

• sureśvarīm: the goddess, ruler of the gods
• sureśvarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sureśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सुराणाम् ईश्वरी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• abruvan: said
• abruvan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘said’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = and

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘boon’

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘tell/say’

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object of brūhi/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘whatever/that which’

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• manasi: in the mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in (your) mind’

• varttate: is present
• varttate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘exists/abides’

Speaker

Narrator (Pulastya continuing the account; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly of devas with folded hands praises the enthroned radiant Goddess; a spokesperson deity requests her to declare the boon in her heart.

Characters & Entities

• Devagaṇa (gods)
• Sureśvarī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise (stotra) offered to the Divine Mother culminates in grace, where the devotee is invited to state their highest intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader episode belongs to Arbuda Khaṇḍa, centered on Arbuda mountain (Arbuda/Ārbuda—Mount Abu region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes praise and the granting of a boon.