Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
पुनः पृच्छामि देवेश याथातथ्यं वद प्रभो
Transliteration
punaḥ pṛcchāmi deveśa yāthātathyaṃ vada prabho
Translation
Je redemande, ô Seigneur des dieux : dis la vérité telle qu’elle est, exactement, ô Maître.
Word by Word
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formकाल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)
pṛcchāmiI ask
pṛcchāmi:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprach (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
deveśaO Lord of gods
deveśa:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)
yāthātathyamthe exact truth, as it really is
yāthātathyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyāthātathya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular); ‘यथा तथ्यम्’ = as it truly is
vadatell (me)
vada:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvad (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
prabhoO Lord
prabho:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)
Speaker
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee in añjali posture asks the deity (or a divine teacher) to speak the exact truth; the setting suggests a sacred precinct with attentive stillness, indicating the start of a teaching segment.
Characters & Entities
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Devī (Pārvatī)D
Deveśa (Śiva)FAQs
Spiritual learning is grounded in truthfulness and precision—devotional curiosity seeks an ‘as-it-is’ account, not exaggeration for its own sake.
Contextually Prabhāsa-kṣetra, since the request is for the accurate continuation of its māhātmya.
None; it is a request for authoritative teaching.