Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ये यजन्त्यम्बिकां ते स्युर्दैत्या ऐश्वर्यभोगिनः । देवत्वं सात्त्विका यांति सात्त्विकीं भक्तिमास्थिताः

Transliteration

ye yajantyambikāṃ te syurdaityā aiśvaryabhoginaḥ | devatvaṃ sāttvikā yāṃti sāttvikīṃ bhaktimāsthitāḥ

Translation

Ceux qui vénèrent Ambikā peuvent devenir des Daitya jouissant du pouvoir et des plaisirs du monde; mais les sāttvika, établis dans une bhakti sāttvika, atteignent la condition divine.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• यजन्ति: worship/sacrifice to
• यजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• अम्बिकाम्: Ambikā (the Goddess)
• अम्बिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (demonstrative pronoun)

• स्युः: would be / become
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• दैत्याः: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऐश्वर्यभोगिनः: enjoyers of lordly power/prosperity
• ऐश्वर्यभोगिनः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर्य + भोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (aiśvaryasya bhoginaḥ)

• देवत्वम्: godhood
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सात्त्विकाः: the sāttvika people
• सात्त्विकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्त्विक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• सात्त्विकीम्: sāttvika (pure)
• सात्त्विकीम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सात्त्विकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आस्थिताः: having adopted/abiding in
• आस्थिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter transition context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Ambikā upāsanā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotees before Ambikā: one adorned with symbols of power and luxury, receiving worldly boons; another simple, luminous, offering flowers with humility, ascending toward a radiant divine realm—illustrating guṇa-based outcomes.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fruit of worship is shaped by inner quality (guṇa): pure (sāttvika) devotion leads toward divinity, while desire-driven worship tends toward power-seeking outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, within the sanctified landscape of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse focuses less on external ritual and more on the inner mode of worship—cultivating sāttvika bhakti as the key discipline.