Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव वरं दातुं ममेच्छसि । तन्मे कथय देवेश सांप्रतं तीर्थविस्तरम्

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dātuṃ mamecchasi | tanme kathaya deveśa sāṃprataṃ tīrthavistaram

Translation

Jika Engkau berkenan kepadaku, wahai Deva, dan hendak menganugerahkan suatu boon, maka wahai Deveśa, jelaskanlah kepadaku sekarang keluasan dan rincian seluruh tīrtha suci.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (to implied त्वम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: of me / to me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• इच्छसि: you wish
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• कथय: tell
• कथय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् ईशः)

• सांप्रतम्: now/at present
• सांप्रतम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तीर्थविस्तरम्: the detailed account of the sacred places
• तीर्थविस्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तीर्थस्य विस्तारः)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (tīrtha-vistara to be revealed)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Deveśa (the Lord)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī, having been offered any boon, asks not for wealth but for a revelation: ‘tell me now the full expanse of the tīrthas’; she gestures toward a scroll or map, while the Lord prepares to teach.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Deveśa (Śiva)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage knowledge (tīrtha-vistara) is treated as a boon—spiritual geography is a sacred teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra forms the narrative base; the verse initiates a broader survey of tīrthas across the world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; the request anticipates teachings on visiting, bathing, and hearing about tīrthas.