Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवी महादेवं महेश्वरम् । गत्वा विज्ञापयामास ज्ञात्वा दक्षमखं शिवा

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare devī mahādevaṃ maheśvaram | gatvā vijñāpayāmāsa jñātvā dakṣamakhaṃ śivā

Translation

Pendant ce temps, la Déesse Śivā, ayant appris le sacrifice de Dakṣa, se rendit auprès de Mahādeva Maheśvara et l’en informa.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• antare: in the interval, meanwhile
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Time: in the meantime)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• mahādevam: Mahādeva
• mahādevam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• maheśvaram: the Great Lord
• maheśvaram: Apposition (to mahādevam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)

• vijñāpayāmāsa: informed, reported
• vijñāpayāmāsa: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √jñap (ज्ञप् धातु, causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: caused to know/informed)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• dakṣa-makham: Dakṣa’s sacrifice
• dakṣa-makham: Karma (Object of knowing/reporting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa + makha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दक्षस्य मखः)

• śivā: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivā: Apposition (to devī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; devī-पर्यायः

Speaker

Sārasvata (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śivā, radiant and resolute, moves swiftly to Mahādeva; the moment is a messenger-scene charged with foreknowledge of Dakṣa’s yajña and its impending ruin.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Śivā)
• Mahādeva
• Maheśvara
• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through truthful communication and decisive action when sacred order is threatened.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya portion of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse introduces the context of Dakṣa’s yajña.