Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

रतिरुवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव भगवंल्लोक भावनः । अक्षतांगः पुनः कामः कांतो मे जायतां पतिः

Transliteration

ratiruvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva bhagavaṃlloka bhāvanaḥ | akṣatāṃgaḥ punaḥ kāmaḥ kāṃto me jāyatāṃ patiḥ

Translation

ರತಿ ಹೇಳಿದಳು—“ಹೇ ದೇವ, ಹೇ ಭಗವನ್, ಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಪೋಷಿಸುವವನೇ! ನೀನು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾದರೆ, ಅಕ್ಷತಾಂಗನಾಗಿ ಕಾಮನು ಮತ್ತೆ ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಿಯ ಪತಿಯಾಗಲಿ.”

Word by Word

• ratiḥ: Rati
• ratiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem., nominative, singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (perfect, 3rd sg.)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/शर्त-निबन्धन) = conditional particle

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta-predicative (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/अस्ति-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (present, 2nd sg.)

• me: of me/to me
• me: Sambandha (to/of me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (gen./dat., singular)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masc., vocative, singular)

• bhagavan: O Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masc., vocative, singular)

• loka-bhāvanaḥ: nourisher/sustainer of the worlds
• loka-bhāvanaḥ: Karta (Apposition to addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: लोकस्य भावनः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc., nominative, singular)

• akṣata-aṅgaḥ: with uninjured limbs
• akṣata-aṅgaḥ: Karta-predicative (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣata (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अक्षतं अङ्गं यस्य/अक्षत-अङ्गः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb

• kāmaḥ: Kāma
• kāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc., nominative, singular)

• kāntaḥ: beloved
• kāntaḥ: Karta-predicative (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with kāmaḥ)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (of me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (gen./dat., singular)

• jāyatām: let him be born/become
• jāyatām: Kriya (Wish/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative, 3rd sg.; benedictive sense)

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta-predicative (प्रथमा-विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc., nominative, singular); विधेय (predicate noun)

Speaker

Rati

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati, with folded hands, petitions Śiva: may Kāma be restored with intact limbs and become her husband again; Śiva listens compassionately.

Characters & Entities

• Rati
• Śiva
• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after loss and divine chastisement, restoration is possible through devotion and Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request is embedded in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa account that supports the glory of Kāmeśvara connected with Arbuda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed in this verse; it records the boon sought after prior observances.