Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि यद्यहं ते प्रिया विभो

Transliteration

etadvistarato brūhi yadyahaṃ te priyā vibho

Translation

Dis-le-moi en détail, ô Seigneur tout-puissant, si vraiment je suis chère à ton cœur.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

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

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-सम्बन्धी अव्यय (conditional particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिया: dear, beloved
• प्रिया: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate to subject/कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• विभो: O Lord, O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī (Satī/Girijā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, with gentle insistence, asks Śiva to narrate fully; her posture is respectful yet intimate, hands in a soft añjali; Śiva’s gaze is compassionate, poised to teach.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loving devotion and sincere questioning invite deeper revelation of dharma and tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing account concerns Prabhāsakṣetra; the detailed tīrtha context is about to be explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it is a request for a complete narration that will ground later prescriptions.