Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । देवदेव जगन्नाथ संसारार्णवतारक । सविस्तरं तु मे ब्रूहि ऋषितोयामहोदयम्

Transliteration

devyuvāca | devadeva jagannātha saṃsārārṇavatāraka | savistaraṃ tu me brūhi ṛṣitoyāmahodayam

Translation

Devī dit : Ô Dieu des dieux, Seigneur de l’univers, sauveur qui fait traverser aux êtres l’océan du saṃsāra, dis-moi en détail la manifestation glorieuse et la grandeur de Ṛṣitoyā.

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परोक्ष-परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवदेव: O God of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (देवानां देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जगतः नाथः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संसारार्णवतारक: O savior across the ocean of saṃsāra
• संसारार्णवतारक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार-अर्णव-तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संसाररूप-अर्णवस्य तारकः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सविस्तरम्: in detail
• सविस्तरम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स-विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

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

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ऋषितोयामहोदयम्: the great manifestation/glory of Ṛṣitoyā
• ऋषितोयामहोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-तोया-महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ऋषितोयायाः महोदयः/महात्म्य-उदयः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitoyā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, seated in reverent posture, addresses Īśvara with folded hands, requesting a detailed account of Ṛṣitoyā’s manifestation and greatness; a coastal sacred landscape hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Īśvara (implied addressee)
• Ṛṣitoyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent inquiry into a tīrtha’s greatness is presented as a doorway to understanding purification and liberation-oriented dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣitoyā (a sacred river associated with Prabhāsa Kṣetra) is the focus of the requested māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it initiates the inquiry that frames the forthcoming tīrtha-glorification.