Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं देव्या ऋषयो दुःखमोचनम् । अनुग्रहश्च देवस्य किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छथ

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ devyā ṛṣayo duḥkhamocanam | anugrahaśca devasya kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha

Translation

હે ઋષિઓ! દેવીનું દુઃખહર મહાત્મ્ય તથા ભગવાનનો અનુગ્રહ આ રીતે કહ્યો. હવે તમે વધુ શું સાંભળવા ઇચ્છો છો?

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• kathitam: told/related
• kathitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kath (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; etat इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• ṛṣayaḥ: O sages / the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Sambodhana/Karta (Addressed/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयोगः (vocative sense possible)

• duḥkha-mocanam: removal of sorrow
• duḥkha-mocanam: Karma/Apposition (Object/Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + mocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (duḥkhasya mocanam)

• anugrahaḥ: favor/grace
• anugrahaḥ: Karta/Predicate (Subject/predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• bhūyaḥ: further/more
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); पुनरर्थे

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + tumun (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); श्रवणार्थे

• icchatha: do you (all) wish
• icchatha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm narrative closure: a sage-narrator addressing assembled ṛṣis, indicating the sorrow-removing greatness of the Goddess and the Lord’s grace, inviting further questions; palm-leaf manuscripts, sacrificial hall ambience.

Characters & Entities

• devī (Goddess—contextually Rukmiṇī/Bhāgīrathī)
• deva (Lord—Keśava)
• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching culminates in praise of grace: the Goddess’s sorrow-removal and the Lord’s compassion are the central takeaways.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred sphere, summarizing the māhātmya connected to the Goddess and the Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it closes the passage after describing the tīrtha-fruits and divine grace.