Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पार्थानाम्न्यभवत्साध्वी देवलस्य प्रिया सती । तया पूर्वं तपस्तप्तं तत्र स्थाने महीपते

Transliteration

pārthānāmnyabhavatsādhvī devalasya priyā satī | tayā pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ tatra sthāne mahīpate

Translation

Il y eut une femme vertueuse nommée Pārthā, l’épouse aimée et fidèle de Devala. En ce lieu même, ô roi, elle pratiqua jadis les austérités (tapas).

Word by Word

• pārthā-nāmni: in the name (called) Pārthā
• pārthā-nāmni: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthā + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पार्थायाः नाम) = ‘in/with the name Pārthā’

• abhavat: was, became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sādhvī: a virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devalasya: of Devala
• devalasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• priyā: beloved
• priyā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• satī: a chaste woman
• satī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक; अस् धातोः)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (a chaste/true woman)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• pūrvam: formerly
• pūrvam: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

• tapas: austerity, penance
• tapas: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्म-सम्बन्धे (austerity)

• taptam: was performed (undertaken)
• taptam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘तपस्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/विधेय

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahīpate: O king
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महीपते = ‘lord of the earth’)

Speaker

Pulastya (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārtheśvara (contextual locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārthā, serene and resolute, sits in austerity near a forested hill shrine; Devala is referenced as her sage-husband; the king is addressed in narration.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Pārthā
• Devala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred site’s power is shown to arise from sustained tapas and dharma, here embodied by a devoted householder-wife.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale associated with Pārthā’s austerities that becomes connected with Pārtheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it introduces the background of tapas performed at the site.