Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्याः पुनः प्रीतः स्वय मेव हुताशनः । तद्दृष्ट्वा दुष्करं कर्म वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tatastasyāḥ punaḥ prītaḥ svaya meva hutāśanaḥ | taddṛṣṭvā duṣkaraṃ karma vacanaṃ cedamabravīt

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ហុតាសនៈ (អគ្គី) ព្រះអង្គផ្ទាល់ បានពេញព្រះហឫទ័យនាងម្ដងទៀត; ឃើញកិច្ចការលំបាកនោះ ក៏មានព្រះវាចានេះ។

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (reflexive adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• हुताशनः: Agni (the fire-god)
• हुताशनः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत + अशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हुतं अश्नाति इति/‘eater of offerings’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (object of seeing)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)

• दुष्करम्: difficult
• दुष्करम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘karma’)

• कर्म: deed
• कर्म: Karma (Object; seen)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object of speaking)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘this’ (apposition to vacanam)

• अब्रवीत्: he said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘O Great Goddess’ in the passage context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the seashore of Prabhāsa, Hutaśana (Agni) appears in a radiant form, observing a formidable act of resolve; the moment freezes as the deity prepares to speak a boon-granting sentence.

Characters & Entities

• Hutāśana (Agni)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharmic, world-sustaining actions are performed, even cosmic deities acknowledge and bless the doer—affirming the value of difficult righteous deeds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Prabhāsa-ocean narrative setting; the focus is Agni’s pleased response rather than naming a new tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces Agni’s forthcoming speech after witnessing a formidable act.