Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

सिंहस्थस्य प्रसादं ते करिष्ये मुक्तिहेतवे । सुराष्ट्रदेशे भविता सिंहो रैवतके गिरौ

Transliteration

siṃhasthasya prasādaṃ te kariṣye muktihetave | surāṣṭradeśe bhavitā siṃho raivatake girau

Translation

«Quand tu seras établi comme un lion, je t’accorderai ma grâce en vue de la délivrance. Dans le pays de Surāṣṭra, tu deviendras un lion sur le mont Raivataka.»

Word by Word

• सिंहस्थस्य: of (one) situated as a lion / in lion-state
• सिंहस्थस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सिंहे स्थितः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसादम्: favor/grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• करिष्ये: I will do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मुक्तिहेतवे: for the cause of liberation
• मुक्तिहेतवे: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुक्तेः हेतु:); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुराष्ट्रदेशे: in the Surāṣṭra region
• सुराष्ट्रदेशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराष्ट्रस्य देशः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• भविता: will be/become
• भविता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भवितृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Agent noun used as periphrastic future); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिंहः: a lion
• सिंहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रैवतके: on Raivataka
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣi (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (contextual) / Raivataka-giri (scene locus)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sage pronounces a boon of liberation, foretelling the hunter’s rebirth as a lion on Raivataka; the mountain rises behind with forested slopes and sacred aura.

Characters & Entities

• Surāṣṭra
• Raivataka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after a curse, divine or sage-granted grace can orient the soul toward mukti, often through a destined sacred location.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Raivataka in Surāṣṭra is named, embedding liberation-narrative into sacred geography—a hallmark of Skanda Purana Māhātmyas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse points to place-linked grace leading toward liberation.