Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे देवीप्रियहिते रताः । तस्मै ददुर्वरान्दिव्यान्प्रोचुर्देवीं च पार्थिव

Transliteration

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve devīpriyahite ratāḥ | tasmai dadurvarāndivyānprocurdevīṃ ca pārthiva

Translation

Alors toutes les cohortes de dieux—attachées à ce qui plaisait à la Déesse et lui était bénéfique—lui accordèrent des grâces divines, et s’adressèrent aussi à la Déesse, ô Roi.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereafter’

• devagaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• devagaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘देवानां गणाः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘devagaṇāḥ’)

• devīpriyahite: in the beloved welfare of the Goddess
• devīpriyahite: Adhikarana (Sphere/विषयाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī-priya-hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रृङ्खला): ‘देव्याः प्रियं हितं (कार्यं)’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in (the matter of) the dear welfare of the Goddess’

• ratāḥ: devoted
• ratāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ram (धातु))
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘engaged/devoted’

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• daduḥ: gave
• daduḥ: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• divyān: divine
• divyān: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘varān’)

• procuḥ: said; proclaimed
• procuḥ: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘declared/said’

• devīm: to the Goddess / the Goddess (as object of speech)
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-śṛṅga / Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly of devas in radiant attire offers divine boons to a devotee/kingly figure, then turns to address the Goddess with folded hands; the backdrop hints at Arbuda’s wooded slopes and a luminous peak.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Vināyaka (recipient implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is cooperative: the gods uphold what benefits Devī and support the newly manifested Vināyaka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific holy site is named in this verse; it continues the Arbuda-khaṇḍa account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is stated; it narrates the granting of varas (boons).