Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

अधुना भक्तियुक्तस्य यथोपकरणान्मम । भविष्ये यत्फलं किंचिन्नो वेद्मि च मुनीश्वराः । येन सोमेशमुत्सृज्य अत्राहं भक्ति तत्परः

Transliteration

adhunā bhaktiyuktasya yathopakaraṇānmama | bhaviṣye yatphalaṃ kiṃcinno vedmi ca munīśvarāḥ | yena someśamutsṛjya atrāhaṃ bhakti tatparaḥ

Translation

Now, endowed with devotion and with the proper means at hand, I do not know what further fruit may arise in the future, O lords among sages—since, leaving even Someśvara, I have become wholly devoted here.

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भक्ति-युक्तस्य: of (me) devoted
• भक्ति-युक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; 'of one endowed with devotion' (genitive with मम)

• यथा-उपकरणात्: according to the proper requisites
• यथा-उपकरणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Source/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उपकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; 'according to the means/requirements'

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive

• भविष्ये: will be
• भविष्ये: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; 'I shall be/shall become' (used with फलम् understood: 'what fruit will be')

• यत्-फलम्: whatever result
• यत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative compound 'whatever fruit'

• किञ्चित्: any (at all)
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; indefinite pronoun

• नः: not
• नः: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• वेद्मि: I know
• वेद्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुनीश्वराः: O lords among sages
• मुनीश्वराः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रथमा (addressing sages)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; relative pronoun 'by which/whereby'

• सोमेशम्: Somesha (Lord Soma)
• सोमेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; object of उत्सृज्य

• उत्सृज्य: having left/abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); 'having abandoned/left'

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• भक्ति-तत्परः: intent on devotion
• भक्ति-तत्परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; adjective of अहम्

Speaker

Narrator/Īśvara (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munīśvaras (lords among sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king addresses sages, gesturing toward the Prabhāsa liṅga; in the background, a faint depiction of another shrine labeled Someśvara is left behind on a path, symbolizing renunciation of alternatives for single-point devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Śiva
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion becomes intense and well-supported, its fruits surpass calculation—true bhakti opens unknowable future grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra, in relation to Someśvara (Somnātha) and the surrounding sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship performed with bhakti and appropriate upakaraṇa (requisites), implying well-prepared pūjā and observance.