Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । नोक्तं यथावदखिलं भृगुशापविचेष्टितम् । पूर्वावतारान्मे ब्रूहि नोक्तपूर्वान्महेश्वर

Transliteration

devyuvāca | noktaṃ yathāvadakhilaṃ bhṛguśāpaviceṣṭitam | pūrvāvatārānme brūhi noktapūrvānmaheśvara

Translation

Devī dit : «Tu n’as pas exposé pleinement, comme il convient, tout le déroulement des événements nés de la malédiction de Bhṛgu. Dis-moi, ô Maheśvara, les incarnations antérieures, celles qui n’ont pas encore été racontées.»

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• उक्तम्: said/told
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (properly, as it should be)

• अखिलम्: entire/complete
• अखिलम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भृगुशापविचेष्टितम्: the matter brought about by Bhṛgu’s curse
• भृगुशापविचेष्टितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + viceṣṭita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भृगुशापेन विचेष्टितम् = effected/caused by Bhṛgu's curse); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वावतारान्: the former incarnations
• पूर्वावतारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + avatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (पूर्वाः अवताराः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रूहि: tell (you)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• उक्तपूर्वान्: not previously told
• उक्तपूर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उक्ताः पूर्वं ये = previously told); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पूर्वावतारान्)

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Maheśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī seated beside Maheśvara in a sacred grove near the Prabhāsa shore/temple precinct, her hand raised in respectful inquiry; Maheśvara poised to narrate, with sages listening and palm-leaf manuscripts nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhṛgu
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural understanding deepens through inquiry; respectful questioning is presented as a dharmic path to fuller knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is dialogical and thematic; it sits within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, which glorifies Prabhāsa as the sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a request for further narration about avatāras and the curse of Bhṛgu.