Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

गणेशत्वं ददौ तस्मै यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । स्वसरूपामुमादेवीं कृष्णस्तस्मै ददौ स्वयम्

Transliteration

gaṇeśatvaṃ dadau tasmai yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | svasarūpāmumādevīṃ kṛṣṇastasmai dadau svayam

Translation

Il lui accorda la dignité d’un Gaṇeśa jusqu’au cataclysme de la dissolution cosmique. Et Kṛṣṇa lui-même lui donna Umādevī en sa forme véritable.

Word by Word

• गणेशत्वम्: the state of being Gaṇeśa
• गणेशत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणेशत्व (प्रातिपदिक; गणेश + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kāla (Time limit/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (as long as/until)

• आ-भूत-संप्लवम्: until the dissolution of beings
• आ-भूत-संप्लवम्: Kāla (Temporal extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भूतानां संप्लवः’ इति; अवधिवाचक-कर्मप्रवचनीयार्थे

• स्व-सरूपाम्: of his own form
• स्व-सरूपाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (उमादेवीं इति)

• उमा-देवीम्: the goddess Umā
• उमा-देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (Emphatic to agent/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रकर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning ‘personally’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara bestows a radiant insignia of gaṇa-leadership; beside him Kṛṣṇa, serene and blue-hued, presents Umādevī in her true splendor—an image of unified divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa (office/title)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Umādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can elevate a being to sacred office; when devotion and cosmic order align, boons are granted for the welfare of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra in Prabhāsa is the māhātmya setting where such extraordinary boons are narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the focus is on divine bestowal (vara) and revelation.