Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । आह्लादयंती सहसा तस्याश्चित्तं वरानने

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī | āhlādayaṃtī sahasā tasyāścittaṃ varānane

Translation

À cet instant même, une voix sans corps parla, réjouissant soudain son cœur, ô toi au beau visage.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेष/विरोधार्थक

• वाक्: a voice
• वाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अशरीरिणी: bodiless
• अशरीरिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वाक् इत्यस्य)

• आह्लादयन्ती: delighting
• आह्लादयन्ती: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ह्लाद् (धातु) → आह्लादयन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• चित्तम्: mind
• चित्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (वरा आनना यस्याः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating); an aśarīriṇī vāk is about to speak

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary, virtuous woman in a sacred coastal grove of Prabhāsa pauses in wonder as an unseen celestial voice resounds; her face brightens with sudden joy, while the atmosphere hints at an imminent liṅga-manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Aśarīriṇī Vāk (bodiless voice)
• Rati
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guidance is portrayed as immediate and uplifting when devotion ripens—confirmation arrives to steady the devotee’s heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratīśvara’s sacred locus in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the liṅga appears and a divine voice is heard.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse sets the stage for a revelatory pronouncement (vāk) that typically authorizes worship and names the site.