Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां कथ्यते ते सुरप्रिये । आसीद्राजा पुरा देवि शशबिंदुरिति श्रुतः

Transliteration

sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ kathyate te surapriye | āsīdrājā purā devi śaśabiṃduriti śrutaḥ

Translation

Il t’est exposé, ô bien-aimée des dieux, ce qui accorde aux hommes tous leurs désirs. Jadis, ô Devī, il y eut un roi renommé du nom de Śaśabindu.

Word by Word

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Karma/Predicate (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सर्वेषां कामानां प्रदम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• कथ्यते: is said/told
• कथ्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/4th), एकवचन; here: सम्बोधनार्थे/प्रत्ययार्थे 'to you' (4th)

• सुरप्रिये: O beloved of the gods
• सुरप्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समास: सुराणां प्रिया (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आसीत्: there was
• आसीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• राजा: a king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-viseshana (कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb of time: formerly)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• शशबिन्दुः: Śaśabindu (name)
• शशबिन्दुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशबिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• इति: thus/so-called
• इति: Sambandha (उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/निरूपण (quotative particle)

• श्रुतः: known (as)
• श्रुतः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'heard/known as'

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as surapriyā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses Devī, proclaiming Prabhāsa as wish-fulfilling, then opens an ancient tale: the famed king Śaśabindu appears as the story’s pivot.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Surapriyā
• King Śaśabindu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames tīrtha-devotion as both dharmic and efficacious—capable of fulfilling aims—then grounds it in exemplifying sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing context is Prabhāsakṣetra’s Śaiva deity (Rudreśa/Kedāra), introduced as sarvakāmaprada through its forthcoming legend.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription in this verse; it introduces an explanatory narrative (itihāsa) featuring King Śaśabindu.