Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । इत्युक्तः सच गन्धर्वः पुत्र्या सह वरानने । सर्वोपहारसंयुक्तः प्रभासक्षेत्रमाश्रितः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | ityuktaḥ saca gandharvaḥ putryā saha varānane | sarvopahārasaṃyuktaḥ prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ

Translation

Īśvara dit : Ainsi interpellé, ce Gandharva—avec sa fille au visage gracieux—se mit en route vers Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portant toutes les offrandes.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha-bodhaka
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थक (thus)

• uktaḥ: having been told/addressed
• uktaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—'उक्तः' (having been addressed/told)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• gandharvaḥ: the Gandharva
• gandharvaḥ: Apposition (to saḥ) / Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• putryā: with (his) daughter
• putryā: Sahakāraka (Instrumental of accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (with)

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (varaṃ ānanaṃ yasyāḥ); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/सप्तमी?—पाठे 'वरानने' सम्बोधन-एकवचन (O fair-faced one)

• sarvopahārasaṃyuktaḥ: endowed with all offerings
• sarvopahārasaṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + upahāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त; √yuj (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष (sarvaiḥ upahāraiḥ saṃyuktaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (gandharvaḥ/saḥ)

• prabhāsakṣetram: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsakṣetram: Karma (Object of āśritaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prabhāsasya kṣetram); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āśritaḥ: having taken refuge in/arrived at
• āśritaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āśrita (कृदन्त; ā-√śri (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—'आश्रितः' (having resorted to)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Gandharva, radiant and ornamented, travels toward the sea-breezed Prabhāsa Kṣetra with his lovely-faced daughter, both carrying trays of offerings; distant temple spires and sacred coastal landscape suggest imminent darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Gandharva
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith expresses itself through yātrā (pilgrimage) and upahāra (offerings), turning intention into worshipful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, approached for worship of Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bringing proper offerings (upahāra) as part of pilgrimage and worship.