Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

स एवमुक्तो देवेन देवं दृष्ट्वा त्रिलोचनम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा पादाविदं वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

sa evamukto devena devaṃ dṛṣṭvā trilocanam | praṇamya śirasā pādāvidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Translation

Ainsi interpellé par le Dieu, il contempla le Deva aux trois yeux ; s’inclinant, la tête aux pieds du Seigneur, il prononça ces paroles.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular ‘he’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय — adverb ‘thus’

• उक्तः: addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vac)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘spoken to/said’

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘by the god’

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूप), पूर्वकाल — gerund/absolutive ‘having seen’

• त्रिलोचनम्: the three-eyed (one)
• त्रिलोचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; बहुव्रीहिः (त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (नम्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त — gerund ‘having bowed’

• शिरसा: with (his) head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘with (his) head’

• पादौ: (his) two feet
• पादौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन — accusative dual ‘(two) feet’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular ‘this’

• वचनम्: words
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular ‘speech/words’

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू-धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperfect, 3rd person singular ‘said’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jaigīṣavya beholds the three-eyed Lord and bows low at His feet, then begins to speak—an image of complete humility before divine majesty.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Trilocana)
• Jaigīṣavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True darśana naturally expresses itself as humility—bowing at the divine feet before speaking one’s desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the narrative frames reverence and surrender as the proper response to divine presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (prostration/bowing) at the deity’s feet—an act of devotional etiquette and surrender.