Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

भगवन्यदि तुष्टोसि मम भक्तस्य सुव्रत । अनुग्रहे कृता बुद्धिस्तदाचक्ष्व कुतः शिवः

Transliteration

bhagavanyadi tuṣṭosi mama bhaktasya suvrata | anugrahe kṛtā buddhistadācakṣva kutaḥ śivaḥ

Translation

Oh Señor, si estás complacido conmigo, tu devoto, oh de noble voto—puesto que tu mente se ha dispuesto a otorgar gracia, dime: ¿dónde se halla Śiva, para que pueda acercarme a Él?

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate to subject ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (तुष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• भक्तस्य: of (your) devotee
• भक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (भज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु+व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अनुग्रहे: in (your) favor, in granting grace
• अनुग्रहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृता: made, formed
• कृता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to बुद्धिः)

• बुद्धिः: intention, thought
• बुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आचक्ष्व: tell, explain
• आचक्ष्व: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• कुतः: from where
• कुतः: Hetu/Apādāna-prayojaka (Source query)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb: source)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject of implied ‘is/comes’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Soma (Candra)

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Dakṣa
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee seeks precise guidance for darśana and worship; grace is met by earnest inquiry and readiness to act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question arises within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, implying that Śiva’s presence is accessible through sacred places and proper approach.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet; the verse requests guidance for approaching Śiva, which leads into worship instructions.