Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । बाढमित्ये व ते चोक्त्वा सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । स्वस्थानं तु गताः सर्वे संहृष्टमनसस्तदा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | bāḍhamitye va te coktvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | svasthānaṃ tu gatāḥ sarve saṃhṛṣṭamanasastadā

Translation

イーシュヴァラは言われた。「然り、しかるべし。」そう告げると、インドラを伴うすべての神々は、その時、心喜びつつ各々の住処へと帰って行った。

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बाढम्: certainly / so be it
• बाढम्: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुमोदनार्थक-निपात (particle of assent)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सवासवाः: together with Indra(s) / with Vāsava (Indra)
• सवासवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (सह-समास) ‘वासवैः सह’

• स्वस्थानम्: their own abode
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘स्वस्य स्थानम्’

• तु: then / indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• गताः: went / having gone
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (used predicatively)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• संहृष्टमनसः: with delighted minds
• संहृष्टमनसः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि ‘संहृष्टं मनो येषाम्’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative ratification point)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas including Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial council disperses: Indra and devas bow after Śiva’s brief assent; they rise and depart toward their luminous abodes, faces bright with satisfaction; Śiva remains tranquil.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devas
• Indra (Vāsava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s promises are ratified by Īśvara; divine approval reinforces trust in dharma and pilgrimage fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Prabhāsa Kṣetra and Hāṭakeśvara’s sphere of merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates Śiva’s assent and the gods’ departure.