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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

भगवन्नान्यदिच्छामि योगात्परतरं हितम् । त्वयि भक्तिश्च नित्यं मे देव्यां स्कन्दे गणेश्वरे

Transliteration

bhagavannānyadicchāmi yogātparataraṃ hitam | tvayi bhaktiśca nityaṃ me devyāṃ skande gaṇeśvare

Translation

«Ô Seigneur, je ne désire rien d’autre : nul bien n’est plus élevé que ce yoga. Et que ma dévotion soit constante envers Toi, ainsi qu’envers la Déesse, Skanda et Gaṇeśvara (Gaṇeśa).»

Word by Word
भगवन्O Lord
भगवन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय — negation ‘not’
अन्यत्anything else
अन्यत्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular ‘anything else’
इच्छामिI desire
इच्छामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√iṣ (इष्-धातु)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — present, 1st person singular ‘I desire’
योगात्than yoga
योगात्:
Apadana (Standard of comparison/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — ablative singular ‘than yoga/from yoga’ (comparative standard)
परतरम्higher
परतरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparatara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative) ‘higher’
हितम्good; benefit
हितम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothita (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from √dhā)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular ‘good/benefit’
त्वयिin you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular ‘in/unto you’
भक्तिःdevotion
भक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
Formकाल-अव्यय — adverb ‘always’ (used adverbially)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular ‘my’
देव्याम्in Devī
देव्याम्:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular ‘in Devī’
स्कन्देin Skanda
स्कन्दे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootskanda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular ‘in Skanda’
गणेश्वरेin Gaṇeśvara (lord of the gaṇas)
गणेश्वरे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular; तत्पुरुषः (गणानाम् ईश्वरः)
Speaker

Jaigīṣavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage’s prayer expands: he seeks unwavering devotion to Śiva and simultaneously to Devī, Skanda, and Gaṇeśa—suggesting a fourfold sacred presence around the central Lord in a Prabhāsa temple setting.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
D
Devī
S
Skanda
G
Gaṇeśa

FAQs

Spiritual welfare is highest in yoga rooted in devotion—steadfast bhakti to Śiva along with reverence for Devī, Skanda, and Gaṇeśa.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the devotee’s aspiration is framed as liberation-oriented yoga and family-of-Śiva devotion.

A devotional vow (niyama) of nitya-bhakti—maintaining continual devotion to Śiva and allied deities (Devī, Skanda, Gaṇeśa).

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