Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो देवः पद्मगर्भोद्भवस्तदा । उवाच दैत्यराजानं प्रसन्नश्चतुराननः

Transliteration

etacchrutvā vaco devaḥ padmagarbhodbhavastadā | uvāca daityarājānaṃ prasannaścaturānanaḥ

Translation

Entendant ces paroles, le dieu né du sein du lotus —Brahmā aux quatre visages— fut comblé de joie, puis s’adressa au roi des Daityas.

Word by Word

• etat: this (statement/that)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• vacaḥ: speech, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (वचस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god (Brahmā)
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• padma-garbha-udbhavaḥ: born from the lotus-womb (Brahmā)
• padma-garbha-udbhavaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (पद्म) + garbha (गर्भ) + udbhava (उद्भव) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (padmasya garbhaḥ → padmagarbha; padmagarbhāt udbhavaḥ)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• daitya-rājānam: the king of the Daityas
• daitya-rājānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (दैत्य) + rājan (राजन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānāṃ rājā)

• prasannaḥ: pleased
• prasannaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रसन्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (devaḥ/caturānanaḥ)

• catur-ānanaḥ: the four-faced one (Brahmā)
• catur-ānanaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (चतुर्) + ānana (आनन) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (yasya catvāri ānanāni saḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmagarbha-udbhava, Caturānana)
• Daityarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, tapas and sincerity can win divine attention—yet the moral weight depends on how the boon is later used.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified in this verse; it is a narrative transition describing Brahmā’s response.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse frames the boon-granting dialogue.