Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

वरं ददामि यत्तेषां भक्तिस्तत्र तु कारणम् । अहं हि भक्त्या सुग्राह्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

varaṃ dadāmi yatteṣāṃ bhaktistatra tu kāraṇam | ahaṃ hi bhaktyā sugrāhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

私が彼らに恩恵を与えるとき、献身（バクティ）だけが真の理由である。私はバクティによって容易に到達できるからだ。この件に関してこれ以上の議論は不要である。

Word by Word

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yat: since/that
• yat: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative particle introducing clause: ‘since/that’)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tatra: there/in that
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb: there/in that matter)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• kāraṇam: the cause
• kāraṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (कारण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (हि)
• Form: हेतु/निश्चय-अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sugrāhyaḥ: easily attainable
• sugrāhyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (सु उपसर्ग) + grāhya (ग्राह्य प्रातिपदिक; √grah ग्रह् धातु + यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त-योग्यतावाचक (gerundive/‘fit to be grasped’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (aham)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• atra: here/in this
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (कार्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• vicāraṇā: deliberation/inquiry
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (विचारणा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, calm and radiant, assures Devī that devotion alone draws his boons; a devotee figure (symbolic) offers bilva leaves and water, while Śiva’s hand gestures varada-mudrā.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is presented as the decisive spiritual cause: bhakti makes the Lord readily attainable and moves Him to grant grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the broader sacred setting of the discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on bhakti as the effective spiritual practice.