Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

प्रशस्य देवदेवेशमात्मानं निर्मलं कुरु । यस्याशु वरदानेन प्राप्स्यसे रूपमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

praśasya devadeveśamātmānaṃ nirmalaṃ kuru | yasyāśu varadānena prāpsyase rūpamuttamam

Translation

Loue le Seigneur des dieux (Devadeveśa) et rends-toi pur. Par l’octroi rapide de ses grâces, tu obtiendras une forme excellente.

Word by Word

• प्रशस्य: having praised
• प्रशस्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + √शंस् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त; अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive; 'having praised')

• देवदेवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (masculine accusative singular; 'lord of gods')

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine accusative singular; reflexive sense)

• निर्मलम्: pure
• निर्मलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine accusative singular; adjective agreeing with आत्मानम्)

• कुरु: make/do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (imperative, 2nd person singular)

• यस्य: whose/of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (genitive singular; 'of whom/which')

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक/रीतिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• वरदानेन: by (his) boon-giving
• वरदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (neuter instrumental singular; 'by the granting of boons')

• प्राप्स्यसे: you will attain
• प्राप्स्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (future, 2nd person singular, ātmanepada)

• रूपम्: a form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter accusative singular; adjective agreeing with रूपम्)

Speaker

Dakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A seeker/penitent within the story (recipient of instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands in reverent posture before the Lord of gods, offering praise; a luminous aura suggests swift boon-granting and the promise of an ‘excellent form’.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise of Śiva and inner purification are presented as the direct path to divine grace and transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra context, oriented toward worship of the powerful liṅga described in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (praise) and ātmā-śuddhi (self-purification) as preparatory disciplines for receiving Śiva’s boon.