Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

पुनस्ते कथयाम्यद्य यत्पृच्छसि वरानने । तद्ब्रूहि शीघ्रं कल्याणि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते

Transliteration

punaste kathayāmyadya yatpṛcchasi varānane | tadbrūhi śīghraṃ kalyāṇi yatte manasi vartate

Translation

Again, today I shall relate to you what you ask, O fair-faced one. Speak quickly, auspicious lady—tell me what is upon your mind.

Word by Word

• punar: again
• punar: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (पुनर्; अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to you)

• kathayāmi: I will tell / I tell
• kathayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• adya: today, now
• adya: Avyaya (Time/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अद्य; अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; यत्-शब्दः (relative)

• pṛcchasi: you ask
• pṛcchasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (प्रच्छ् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vara-ānane: O fair-faced one
• vara-ānane: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (वर + आनन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘वरम् आननम् यस्याः’)—सम्बोधनरूपे

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• brūhi: tell (me)
• brūhi: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (शीघ्र; प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kalyāṇi: O auspicious one
• kalyāṇi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalyāṇī (कल्याणी; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• yat: what(ever)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; यत्-शब्दः (relative)

• te: of you, your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• manasi: in (your) mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (मनस्; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• vartate: is present, occurs
• vartate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (वृत् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution from the surrounding dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva turns toward Devī, inviting her to speak her question; an intimate, auspicious conversational pause before the revelation of Prabhāsa’s origin.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teachings are transmitted through respectful inquiry; earnest questioning becomes the doorway to purifying, place-centered wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse serves as a lead-in to the glorification of Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), the famed sacred region of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the forthcoming māhātmya that typically culminates in tīrtha-yātrā, snāna, and devotion.