Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तस्तव कारुण्याच्छिखण्डी गणनायकः । अनुग्रहं ददौ तस्या गंधर्वदुहितुस्तदा

Transliteration

ityuktastava kāruṇyācchikhaṇḍī gaṇanāyakaḥ | anugrahaṃ dadau tasyā gaṃdharvaduhitustadā

Translation

Ainsi sollicité, et touché par ta compassion, Śikhaṇḍī—chef des Gaṇas—accorda alors sa grâce à cette fille du Gandharva.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: having been addressed/told
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• kāruṇyāt: out of compassion
• kāruṇyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāruṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śikhaṇḍī: Śikhaṇḍī
• śikhaṇḍī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhaṇḍin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• gaṇa-nāyakaḥ: leader of the gaṇas
• gaṇa-nāyakaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष (leader of gaṇas)

• anugraham: grace/boon
• anugraham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• tasyāḥ: to her
• tasyāḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dative/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र चतुर्थी (to her)

• gaṃdharva-duhituḥ: of the Gandharva’s daughter
• gaṃdharva-duhituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃdharva (प्रातिपदिक) + duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb), ‘then/at that time’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śikhaṇḍī, gaṇa-nāyaka, softens with compassion and extends a blessing gesture toward the Gandharva’s daughter, lifting her from despair in the sacred precincts of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śikhaṇḍī
• Gaṇas
• Gandharva
• Gandharva’s daughter

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (anugraha) arises through compassion and becomes the turning point in suffering and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is the glorification of Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), though this verse itself advances the narrative of grace within that māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights anugraha (bestowal of grace) as the narrative pivot.