Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

देवानामपि देवेशि सदैवैष मनोरथः । अपि मानुष्यमाप्स्यामो भारते प्रत्युत क्षितौ

Transliteration

devānāmapi deveśi sadaivaiṣa manorathaḥ | api mānuṣyamāpsyāmo bhārate pratyuta kṣitau

Translation

Même pour les dieux, ô Déesse, voici un vœu toujours chéri : «Puissions-nous obtenir une naissance humaine, oui, sur la terre en Bhārata !»

Word by Word

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

• deveśi: O goddess, ruler of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśin/īśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशि)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• eva: indeed; certainly
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; निर्देशक

• manorathaḥ: desire; wish
• manorathaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-निपात (even/also)

• mānuṣyam: human state/birth
• mānuṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• āpsyāmaḥ: we shall obtain
• āpsyāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhārate: in Bhārata
• bhārate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• pratyuta: indeed; rather
• pratyuta: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyuta (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; विशेषार्थक (rather/indeed)

• kṣitau: on earth
• kṣitau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame of the chapter)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devēśī/Mahādevī (the Goddess)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly where devas, with folded hands, express longing for human birth in Bhārata; the Goddess is addressed as Devēśī while the narrator underscores Bhārata’s salvific power.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Bhārata
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human birth in Bhārata is praised as rare and spiritually powerful, because it enables intentional dharma, tapas, and tīrtha-oriented transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse elevates Bhārata as the prime sacred realm, within which Prabhāsa is celebrated as a foremost pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it motivates spiritual practice by declaring the rarity and value of human birth in Bhārata.