Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

सोऽहं देवि वदिष्यामि कर्णं देहि वरानने । पृथिव्यामपि सर्वेषां तीर्थानां सुरसुंदरि

Transliteration

so'haṃ devi vadiṣyāmi karṇaṃ dehi varānane | pṛthivyāmapi sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ surasuṃdari

Translation

Therefore, O Goddess, I shall speak—give ear, O fair-faced one. O heavenly beauty, I shall speak concerning all the tīrthas upon the earth.

Word by Word

• सोऽहम्: I (that very one)
• सोऽहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सः—पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अहम्—उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (Sandhi: सः + अहम् → सोऽहम्)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वदिष्यामि: I will speak
• वदिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कर्णम्: ear
• कर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देहि: give (lend)
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; (वरम् आननं यस्याः) ‘O fair-faced one’

• पृथिव्याम्: on earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• सुरसुन्दरि: O beauty among the gods
• सुरसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; (सुराणां सुन्दरी)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha-kathā (leading to Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator invites Devī to listen to a grand enumeration of earthly tīrthas—suggesting a cosmic map unfurling before them.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Tīrtha
• Pṛthivī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural listening (śravaṇa) is presented as the gateway to understanding tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse introduces discourse on all earthly tīrthas, within the Prabhāsa-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Attentive listening to the teaching (karṇaṃ dehi), implying śravaṇa as a dharmic practice.