Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ऊचुः समाहिताः सर्वे प्रणिपत्य दिवौकसः

Transliteration

ūcuḥ samāhitāḥ sarve praṇipatya divaukasaḥ

Translation

Then all the dwellers of heaven, composed and focused, bowed down and spoke.

Word by Word

• ऊचुः: they said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• समाहिताः: composed, attentive
• समाहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त → समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘composed/attentive’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-नि-पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — अव्ययभाव

• दिवौकसः: the gods (dwellers in heaven)
• दिवौकसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — समासः: दिवि + ओकस् (दिवि वसन्ति इति)

Speaker

Narrator introducing the devas’ petition (addressed to Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādeva-sthāna at Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A unified line of devas, heads bowed, hands folded, faces serene; they kneel before the numinous presence of Mahādeva, poised to begin their supplication.

Characters & Entities

• Devas (Divaukasaḥ)
• Mahādeva (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right approach to the divine begins with humility, mental composure, and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching setting, though the verse itself focuses on the act of supplication.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇipāta (bowing/prostration) is demonstrated as a devotional practice, though not framed as a formal rite.