Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमोपेता ततस्तुष्टो महेश्वरः । प्रददौ दर्शनं तस्या वरदोऽस्मीति चाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

samyakchraddhāsamopetā tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | pradadau darśanaṃ tasyā varado'smīti cābravīt

Translation

When she was endowed with proper faith, Maheśvara was pleased; he granted her his darśana and said, “I am the giver of boons.”

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• समोपेता: endowed/possessed
• समोपेता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उप + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-समासभाव: श्रद्धया समोपेता (endowed with)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (from that/thereupon)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (महेश्वरः)

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् ईश्वरः

• प्रददौ: granted/gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: दा

• दर्शनम्: a vision/darśana
• दर्शनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तस्याः: to/for her; of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/सम्प्रदान or 6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; अत्र अर्थतः षष्ठी (her)

• वरदः: giver of boons
• वरदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: वरं ददाति इति

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (उक्तिवाक्ये)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: अस्

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (उक्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

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

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: ब्रू

Speaker

Pulastya (narration); quoted words are Śiva’s

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda liṅga-sthala (Kaṭaka-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara manifests before Gaurī at the mountain liṅga-site, serene and radiant, granting darśana. Gaurī stands or kneels with folded hands; Śiva’s gesture conveys boon-giving as he declares himself Varada.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Darśana
• Śraddhā (faith)
• Gaurī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right faith (śraddhā) makes worship fruitful, culminating in divine darśana and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-site associated with Gaurī’s worship (Kaṭeśvara/Kaṭaka setting) in Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approach worship with proper śraddhā; the implied practice is liṅga-pūjā leading to darśana.