Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

येन त्वदीप्सितं सिध्येत्तमुपायं निशामय । गौरीशंकरसंवादं श्रुत्वा भगवतो मुखात्

Transliteration

yena tvadīpsitaṃ sidhyettamupāyaṃ niśāmaya | gaurīśaṃkarasaṃvādaṃ śrutvā bhagavato mukhāt

Translation

ನಿನ್ನ ಇಷ್ಟಾರ್ಥ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯಾಗುವ ಉಪಾಯವನ್ನು ಕೇಳು. ಭಗವಂತನ ಸ್ವಮುಖದಿಂದ ಗೌರೀ-ಶಂಕರ ಸಂವಾದವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ (ಆ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೋ).

Word by Word

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधनार्थे (instrumental: by which)

• tvad-īpsitam: your desired aim
• tvad-īpsitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) + īpsita (√āp/ईप्स्) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tava īpsitam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sidhyet: may be accomplished
• sidhyet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sidh (सिध्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; upāyam इत्यस्य विशेषण/निर्देश

• upāyam: means; method
• upāyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• niśāmaya: listen; take note
• niśāmaya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√śam (शम्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• gaurī-śaṃkara-saṃvādam: the dialogue of Gaurī and Śaṅkara
• gaurī-śaṃkara-saṃvādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gauryāḥ śaṃkarasya ca saṃvādaḥ / gaurīśaṃkarayoḥ saṃvādaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (श्रु) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having heard

• bhagavataḥ: of the Lord
• bhagavataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mukhāt: from (his) mouth
• mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative: from the mouth)

Speaker

Unspecified (introducing an authoritative teaching via Gaurī–Śaṅkara dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnath context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Soma (implied by immediate prior address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred assembly: the speaker gestures inviting attention; in a visionary inset, Gaurī and Śaṅkara sit on Kailāsa in intimate discourse; a luminous ‘bhagavato mukha’ motif suggests words emanating as script-like rays; listeners (including Soma) sit reverently in Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Śaṅkara
• Bhagavān
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual success comes through a valid upāya received from authoritative tradition and divine instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the narrative frame where sacred instruction about Someśvara worship is transmitted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a direct rite yet—this verse introduces the method (upāya) to be taught via the Gaurī–Śaṅkara dialogue.