Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तौ तौ मया तत्र भूतमातृगणौ प्रिये । एकीभूतौ क्षणेनैव तौ भवानीभवोद्भवौ

Transliteration

ityuktau tau mayā tatra bhūtamātṛgaṇau priye | ekībhūtau kṣaṇenaiva tau bhavānībhavodbhavau

Translation

Demikianlah di sana, wahai kekasih, aku menuturkan sabda kepada dua golongan Ibu-ibu para bhūta. Seketika itu juga keduanya menyatu menjadi satu—lahir dari Bhavānī dan Bhava.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyopasaṃhāra (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• उक्तौ: having been addressed; spoken to
• उक्तौ: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (√वच् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; क्त (past participle: “spoken/said”)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• भूत: spirit; being
• भूत: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• मातृ: mother
• मातृ: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• गणौ: the two groups/hosts
• गणौ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भूतानां मातॄणां गणौ (group of the Bhūta-mothers)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• एकीभूतौ: united into one
• एकीभूतौ: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकीभूत (एकी + √भू धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; क्त (having become one/united)

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Kāla (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3), एकवचन (instrumental of time-span: “in a moment”)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• भवानी: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानी: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• भवोद्भवौ: the two born of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवोद्भवौ: Karta (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भवस्य उद्भवौ (born of Bhava=Śiva)

Speaker

Śiva (explicit first-person; addressing Devī as priye)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī/Bhavānī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, two fierce yet auspicious Mother-host figures, previously distinct, fuse in a flash into a single composite form radiating Śiva-Śakti power, witnessed by the speaking deity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī
• Bhava
• Bhūta-mātṛ-gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative culminates in unity: Śiva and Śakti’s combined origin underlies and harmonizes even fierce cosmic forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose māhātmya the Śiva–Śakti power and ordering of beings is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse concludes a doctrinal-narrative movement (boon, regulation, and unification).