Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

आह्लादं कुरुते सर्वे नैव जानीत भो द्विजाः । त्रैलोक्यनायकां सर्वां रूपातिशयसंयुताम्

Transliteration

āhlādaṃ kurute sarve naiva jānīta bho dvijāḥ | trailokyanāyakāṃ sarvāṃ rūpātiśayasaṃyutām

Translation

Tous trouvent en elle la joie; et pourtant vous ne comprenez pas, ô deux-fois-nés — elle est la Souveraine des trois mondes, parée d’une beauté sans pareille.

Word by Word

• āhlādam: delight
• āhlādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• kurute: produces, gives
• kurute: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sarve: all (of you)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; subject

• na: not
• na: Sambandha/Avyaya (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• eva: indeed/at all
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• jānīta: you know
• jānīta: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• dvijāḥ: twice-born ones, brāhmaṇas
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (vocative/nominative), बहुवचन; address

• trailokya-nāyakām: the leader of the three worlds (f.)
• trailokya-nāyakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (trailokyasya nāyakā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• sarvām: entire, wholly
• sarvām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agrees with (implied) striyam/trailokya-nāyakām

• rūpa-atiśaya-saṃyutām: endowed with exceptional beauty
• rūpa-atiśaya-saṃyutām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + atiśaya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (rūpasya atiśayena saṃyutā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agrees with trailokya-nāyakām

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker rebukes the twice-born for not recognizing the universally delightful, supremely beautiful sovereign lady of the three worlds; the focus is on majesty rather than intimacy.

Characters & Entities

• dvija (twice-born)
• trailokya-nāyikā (lady of the three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual ignorance blinds even the learned; reverence for the divine śakti corrects distorted perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the presence of the divine couple is upheld as supremely auspicious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is praise and instruction.