Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

प्रणामायैव भवतां भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा । आत्मानं च महत्यर्थे कस्मिंश्चित्तु नियोजितम् । भवद्भिरहमिच्छामि फलं यस्मादिदं महत्

Transliteration

praṇāmāyaiva bhavatāṃ bhaktiprahveṇa cetasā | ātmānaṃ ca mahatyarthe kasmiṃścittu niyojitam | bhavadbhirahamicchāmi phalaṃ yasmādidaṃ mahat

Translation

Je me prosterne devant vous, l’esprit courbé par la dévotion. Je désire savoir quel grand fruit naît de ce que vous vous êtes engagés dans une si haute entreprise.

Word by Word

• praṇāmāya: for salutation, for bowing
• praṇāmāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• bhavatām: of you (honored ones)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रातिपदिक (honorific)

• bhakti-prahveṇa: with a mind bowed by devotion
• bhakti-prahveṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + prahva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण; (भक्त्या प्रह्वः)

• cetasā: with the mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ātmānam: myself
• ātmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahati: in a great
• mahati: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• arthe: purpose, matter
• arthe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kasmin: in what?
• kasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• cit: some, any
• cit: Sambandha (Indefiniteness marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cit (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (indefinite particle)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• niyojitam: appointed, assigned
• niyojitam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhavadbhiḥ: by you (honored ones)
• bhavadbhiḥ: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; आदरार्थक

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• icchāmi: I wish, desire
• icchāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yasmāt: from which, because of which
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Haidambi

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to Dharmarāja and/or the assembled dharmic persons (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bows with a mind bent in reverence and asks the assembled righteous what great fruit comes from their great undertaking.

Characters & Entities

• Haidambi
• Dharmarāja (implied)
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by plural address)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True inquiry begins with humility and devotion, seeking the spiritual fruit (phala) of dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse is a courteous inquiry about the merit behind a major endeavor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it asks about phala (result) rather than prescribing a rite.